MuniWireless

Boingo Wireless and free-hotspot.com are teaming up! That means, Boingo customers can now use all of free-hotspot.com’s Wi-Fi locations without having to view ads. Free-hotspot.com boasts of a network of more than 3,500 locations in 18 European countries. They expect to have 5000 hotspots by the end of 2008.

I use Boingo often when I travel because the company has deals with a lot of airports, cafes and other public venues in Europe.

My trip to Ghana was unexpected and I was given a couple of days to prepare for a 5800-mile flight to Accra. I was asked to participate in the West Africa ICT Road Map to Opportunities Conference. Since I have spent much time in Eastern Europe over the past 4 years, this trip presented itself as an opportunity to catch up on the changes which have been taking place in Africa since my visit last year to Senegal. To say…

Icomera AB is acquiring Moovera Networks, a UK company that sells wireless access points used by buses, trains and ferries to deliver Wi-Fi service to passengers. The deal makes a lot of sense because Icomera installs wireless networks in public transport for Wi-Fi access, CCTV, vehicle tracking or streaming entertainment and both companies go after the same type of customer: public transport firms.

“For some time now Moovera and Icomera have been addressing the same markets from different directions,” said Jim…