The Cloud extends wireless in 30 eu cities

wireless community operator The Cloud is spending 100m euros (£67m) over the subsequent  years to deliver wireless connectivity to extra than 30 european cities.

Ben van Dongen, dealing with director for metro wireless on the Cloud, stated the agency is trying to construct public wi-fi networks in any important european city and will recognition its efforts on a range of cities, from the very small to the very huge.

The Cloud is currently in talks with a few 30 european cities, with Stuttgart and Karlskrona, Sweden the present day cities to use the corporation to introduce town-extensive wi-fi networks.

The network operator stated its initiative is in reaction to expanded demand for Europe-wide wireless. there may be probable to be greater than 160m wireless-enabled gadgets in operation by 2008.

in line with Van Dongen, country-particular charges is probably used, with european international locations offered distinctive tariffs than non-european international locations. The cost to give up users is expected to be around 20 euros (£thirteen.50) consistent with month.

The Cloud already hosts wi-fi services in sixteen european towns, including Amsterdam and London.

Westminster metropolis Council introduced earlier this week its plans to end up a wi-fi metropolis. a number of other uk towns, which includes Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds and Liverpool are working in the direction of similar goals as a part of the BT wireless cities initiative.