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UK iPhone carrier O2 has signed a deal with BT Openzone, adding another 3,000 Wi-Fi hotspots that O2 iPhone users can now access in hotels, airports and coffee shops, including Starbucks. This is in addition to the 5,000 owned and operated by The Cloud that iPhone owners can also access.

O2 UK, the largest cellular provider in the UK, has expanded its Wi-Fi deal to include BT Openzone Wi-Fi hotspots - adding some 3,000 hotspots, including most branches of Starbucks to its inventory. The partnership, which existing customers will see come into effect today, coincides with an upgrade to O2’s Mobile Broadband Connection Manager software,

British Telecom says it has reached its goal of building one million Wi-Fi hotspots, claiming it to now be the largest network in the UK and Ireland The hotspots are available in homes, independent businesses, high street chains and major city centres. BT has deployed 3,800 Openzone spots, 137,000 business hotspots and 860,000 public hotspots

Carol Ellison in MuniWireless writes: Much is being made this week about Starbucks dumping T-Mobile as its Wi-Fi provider and signing on with AT&T in a deal that will result in limited free Wi-Fi access for its customers. I've seen a few blogs that have gone so far as to declare this traditional hotspot model an

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AT&T and T-Mobile have reached a deal to resolve T-Mobile's claim that the coffee chain secretly colluded with AT&T to offer free Wi-Fi Internet access, Starbucks said in a statement on Wednesday. “T-Mobile, AT&T and Starbucks have entered into a memorandum of understanding to resolve their disputes and are committed to …

In the near future, Starbucks will begin offering free AT&T Wi-Fi service at more than 7,000 locations across the United States.

O2 UK has expanded itsWi-Fi deal to include BT Openzone Wi-Fi hotspots - adding some 3,000 hotspots, including most branches of Starbucks to its inventory.

AT&T Inc. announced that qualifying LaptopConnect customers can now access more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hot spots free of charge. Users can access Wi-Fi at nearly 7,000 participating Starbucks locations plus thousands more AT&T Wi-Fi(SM) locations, including restaurants, airports, hotels and other convenient locations across the United States.AT&T LaptopConnect uses AT&T's wireless network to keep custo