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AT&T Boosts Napster Service
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... [image] [image] posted Today, 10:27 AM by Eric M. Zeman AT and Napster announced that the music download service has expanded its availability to 25 devices on the AT network, spanning some 13 million customers. more info at AT ...
Napster Mobile expanded for AT&T Customers
Phones Review —
AT&T along with Napster has announced Napster Mobile is now available to more than 13 million AT&T customers. Napster Mobile allows the music fan user to use their mobile phone to search, browse and download music from Napster’s excessive collection of more than 16 million musical tracks.
Napster is the mobile music industries largest catalogue of mobile music, and the service is now available on more than 25 AT&T branded smartphones and mobile phones which include the likes of the BlackBerry Bold, the Samsung Propel, AT&T Quickfire and the Pantech Matrix.
AT&T customers will be able to download full length song from ...
AT&T Acquires Wi-Fi Operator Wayport For $275 Million; Opportunity To Offload More Traffic
mocoNews —
... mostly shunned by U.S. carriers a couple years ago, Wi-Fi has quickly found its groove as a way for networks to offload heavy data usage. Where carriers were worried about lost data and voice revenues to Wi-Fi before, they're now happy to welcome Wi-Fi capable devices on board (with the exception of Verizon) to ease congestion and traffic on their cellular networks. AT&T; recently announced that its Wi-Fi network would be available for free to iPhone and BlackBerry Bold customers. Release. ...
AT&T Buys Wayport, Adds 10,000 Wi-Fi Hotspots
Silicon Alley Insider —
... AT&T; will spend $275 million to acquire wireless Internet provider Wayport Inc. AT&T; now controls 20,000 Wi-Fi hotspots, including 10,000 Wayport-managed hotel and restaruant locations. Read AT&T;'s release for more details. ...
AT&T Buys Wayport to Keep iPhone Users Happy [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
Today AT&T said it would buy Wi-Fi hotspots operator Wayport for $275 million in cash. Not only is this an exit for the 12-year-old Irving, Texas-based company that raised more than $130 million, but it also gives AT&T 80,000 Wi-Fi hotspots all over the country. As ...
News: Mix: AT&T + Wayport, J.D. Power, Smartphone share, iPhone in Russia
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
AT&T has announced plans to acquire privately-held Wi-Fi service provider Wayport, Inc. for approximately $275 million in cash. The deal will expand AT&T’s Wi-Fi hotspot portfolio to more than 20,000 locations in the U.S. and more than 80,000 worldwide, including Wyndham, Mariott Vacation Club, and Four Seasons hotels, and select McDonald’s restaurants. AT&T recently announced the launch of free Wi-Fi access for iPhone users. According to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Business Wireless Smartphone Customer Satisfaction Study, Apple ranks highest in overall customer satisfaction among business wireless smartphone users. The study ...
AT&T adds value to iPhone with expanded Web connectivity
Between the Lines —
November 6th, 2008 AT&T adds value to iPhone with expanded Web connectivity Posted by Sam Diaz @ 1:35 pm Categories: General , Mobile , Apple , iPhone , AT&T Tags: Apple iPhone , Web , Wayport , AT Corp. , Wireless LANs , Wireless , Wi-Fi , Channel Management , Marketing , Sam Diaz One of the common themes at Dreamforce and Web 2.0 Summit, both in San Francisco this week, is that companies that add value to their products and services during this economic downturn are the ones that will be best-positioned when the country finally ...
AT&T buys Wayport for $275 million: more Wi-Fi hotspots for its customers
Unwired View —
AT&T, North America’s largest mobile carrier (for now, at least), announced today that it will buy Wayport, a managed Wi-Fi services provider, for $275 million in cash.
So what does this mean for AT&T customers? First of all, the addition of lots of new hotspots across the US, which raise the total number of domestic AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots to almost 20,000.
Do have in mind that Wayport’s hotspots are in important locations, such as: famous hotels (Four Seasons, Wyndham, Marriott Vacation Club), McDonald’s restaurants, HealthSouth and ...
AT&T Adds 20,000 Wi-Fi Hotspots [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network —
AT&T must be determined to get its subscribers online. First, we heard just yesterday that iPhone tethering is officially in the queue from CEO Ralph De La Vega. Now, there’s more good news for users of Apple’s little smartphone-that-could. Wireless hotspot provider Wayport, one of the largest in the U.S., has been acquired by AT&T.
Wayport, Inc., an Austin, Texas-based company, opened its doors in 1996. They initially focused on bringing Wi-Fi access to business travelers, and their early clientele included hotels and airports. In 2004, they became a provider of choice for McDonald’s, which resulted in the ...
AT&T expands Wi-Fi hotspot coverage
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
AT&T has recently acquired Wi-Fi service provider, Wayport, for $275 million, thus expanding their Wi-Fi hotspot count to 20,000 locations across the U.S. This is hot on the heels of the free Wi-Fi access AT&T had announced to their customers in late October, and allows data access like Mariott and Four Seasons Hotels, as well as McDonald’s.I’m still trying to figure out if the mobile Wi-Fi offer is exclusive to the iPhone, or if the recently-launched BlackBerry Bold will also be able to enjoy the promo. There should be plenty of love to go out for a device that took AT&T eons to release, no?
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AT&T acquires Wayport's WiFi hotspots
AppleInsider —
... Published: 06:00 PM EST AT has acquired WiFi provider Wayport for $275 million in cash, adding thousands of new wireless hotspots to the company's network that was recently opened to free access by iPhone users. AT now boasts 20,000 access points in the US and 80,000 internationally, although that number also includes roaming locations run by partner networks. Wayport's network includes hotspots at McDonalds, Four Seasons hotels, HealthSouth, and Sun Healthcare locations. The company's map of ...
AT&T picks up Centennial Communications for $944 million
Engadget Mobile —
Filed under: ATT, GSM, Misc
For those who stick to one coast or the other, you may have never even heard of Centennial Communications. Not to worry, though, as AT&T just made said company entirely more relevant. Shortly before heading out of the office on Friday, AT&T decided it fitting to acquire ...
AT&T picks up Centennial Communications for $944 million
Engadget —
Filed under: Cellphones
For those who stick to one coast or the other, you may have never even heard of Centennial Communications. Not to worry, though, as AT&T just made said company entirely more relevant. Shortly before heading out of the office on Friday, AT&T decided it fitting to acquire Centennial for a few ...
AT&T compró Wayport, para ofrecer mayor cobertura WiFi
Celularis —
AT&T anunció la compra de Wayport, una de las principales compañías proveedoras de servicio WiFi en espacios públicos, hoteles, bares y restaurantes. Lo hizo por la suma de 275 millones de dólares en efectivo, y logró consolidar su oferta de conectividad WiFi en un total de 20.000 hotspots en los Estados Unidos y alrededor de 80.000 internacionalmente.
Los planes de conectividad WiFi de AT&T van desde algunos gratuitos hasta otros de menos de 15 dólares mensuales, incluyendo el servicio gratuito para los usuarios de iPhone.
A través de este tipo de acciones, AT&T consolida su ...
Meet the Future of Cellular Data: WiFi!
Internet Evolution: —
Don't laugh, but the future of cellular telecommunications includes WiFi. This common, "legacy" technology for wireless Internet is becoming increasingly important to telecommunications operators' business strategies, even as they have criticized it for a number of deficiencies. For consumers and enterprise users who want high speeds, better coverage, reliable performance, and low- or no-cost access -- and who doesn't? -- this renewed interest in WiFi deployments is welcome news. Many cellular operators and other telecommunications network providers have derided WiFi because it hasn't scaled well; they've pointed to the many failures of municipal WiFi ...
