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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…

Prague’s citywide wireless Internet network will not be offered free to residents but it’s still getting resistence from local telecoms.Prague’s citywide wireless Internet network will not be offered free to residents but it’s still getting resistence from local telecoms.

Following a year of controversy, the capital of the CzechRepublic renamed the initiative from “Free Internet for Prague Citizens” to simply “Wireless Prague”, and separated the build-out into two phases. The first to city offices and schools is already being implemented. The…