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Mobile operator and ISP O2<\/a> UK (Telefonica<\/em>) has signed a new deal with Costa<\/strong>, the UK’s largest coffee shop chain, that will see its free wireless internet<\/strong> (wifi<\/a>) services being rolled out for use by the groups 14 million monthly customers.
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\nCosta is known to operate 1,300 coffee shops<\/strong> around the country, which means that the rollout of O2<\/a>’s service will run through most of 2012. As you’d expect the first shops to get the service<\/strong> will go live in London this month and should complete in time for this summer’s festivities.<\/p>\n

Kevin Hydes, Marketing Director for Costa UK, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“As people spend around half an hour in our stores, we are delighted to be partnering with O2 and providing our customers with 30minutes of free WiFi<\/a>. Our Coffee Club members will be rewarded with unlimited access to further enhance their coffee shop experience<\/em>.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Half an hour of free surfing might not seem like much to some but then most people rarely spend much longer in a coffee shop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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