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Icomera has just released interesting statistics on the use of Wi-Fi access in public transport (mostly in Europe). The company provides the Moovbox wireless access points to bus, ferry and train operators which provide Wi-Fi access to passengers and uses 3G, WiMAX or satellite backhaul.

The Cloud, a UK-based operator of Wi-Fi hotspots in Europe, has closed a €15 million round of financing from its current investors (Ferd Venture of Norway and GP Bullhound). The company will use the funds to expand its network of locations across Europe. At present, their hotspots are mostly in the UK, Germany, Sweden and Denmark, and they have partnerships with iPass (the Wi-Fi hotspot aggregator), O2, Orange and Vodafone.

Recently, BT announced the termination of its partnership with The Cloud…

iPass released the latest edition of its Mobile Broadband Index which shows that business use of Wi-Fi hotspots (in the iPass network) grew by 46% between the first half of 2007 and the first half of 2008. 3G data use in the US increased by 59% between Q2 2007 and Q2 2008. Please note that the statistics come from the iPass hotspot network; until recently, the iPass service was open only to enterprises (as opposed to Boingo’s, which is open…

This is good news for people who travel to Tokyo. iPass has just the Tokyo city Wi-Fi network operated by Livedoor Japan to their list of roaming partners. The area covered by this network is 60 square kilometers and is encircled by the Yamanote Line (a “circle” metro line operated by JR which is the busiest in Tokyo), in essence, central Tokyo. There are over 2000 mesh Wi-Fi access points in the network. People who use the Yamanote line, which…

When I read the news that iPass is finally going into the consumer market, I was thrilled. For years iPass has been serving the enterprise market, allowing employees of its customers to get wireless Internet access (3G and Wi-Fi) via their partners worldwide. Now, their terrific service is available to you and me. Unless, you’re like me and have a Mac.

The service is expensive: the global 3G/Wi-Fi combo is $84.95 per month. But for people who need to be connected…

iPass has announced a major expansion in Europe that it claims gives it the largest hotspot footprint of any service provider world-wide. Its world-wide network not encompasses about 90,000 hotspots in 70 countries.

The iPass press release on the announcement ranks the European countries with the most hotspots: the United Kingdom with 12,131, followed by France with 10,821 and Germanywith 9,827. London is the city with the most hotspots in the network followed by Paris, Berlin, ZurichandMunich.

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