CANADIAN NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDERS ANNOUNCED ROAMING AGREEMENT
A conference is underway in Toronto this week called Wi-Fi Power (more at:
http://www.wi-fipower.com/ )
Lots of companies in the Wi-Fi ecosystem, for lack of a better term, are
participating in the event and many issued some announcements today about
new services, partnerships and so on.
What follows below, though, is the one that caught my eye -- it's about a
national roaming agreement standard -- and I'm curious to know if any
listmember has any info about what's up in the U.S., Asia, or Europe as far
as this kind of initiative is concerned?

From the press release:
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Canadian Wireless Industry Announces Wi-Fi(R) Roaming Agreement
Inter-carrier agreement creates common brand and allows for roaming between
Wi-Fi hotspots in Canada

 OTTAWA, March 1 /CNW/ - Canada's national wireless carriers today
announced
they have signed an inter-carrier agreement that establishes common
standards for roaming and interoperability of the public Wi-Fi(R) hotspots
they operate. In addition, the carriers have joined together to create a
common brand identifier for Wi-Fi hotspots in Canada. Today's announcement
by Bell Mobility, Microcell Solutions (Fido(R)), Rogers AT&T Wireless and
TELUS Mobility serves as confirmation of the carriers' commitment to
develop
Wi-Fi in Canada.
Under the terms of the agreement, all public commercial hotspots operated
by the carriers, and any other Canadian operator or hotspot owner who
meets the minimum requirements and chooses to join the roaming alliance,
will be branded consistently with the common hotspot identifier (image
available at:www.cwta.ca/media/hotspot.php3 ). When customers access Wi-Fi
service in any location with the hotspot identifier, they can expect to be
presented with an identical, browser-based login area, ensuring a simple,
consistent and secure experience in all locations.

[Full press release at:
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2004/01/c5488.html]

BINNEH S MINTEH
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

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