Posted: 04th Dec, 2003 By: MarkJ
The governments e-Minister, Stephen Timms, has helped to open todays Wi-Fi & 3G summit by confirming plans to install broadband wireless hotspots in every public library:
"I'm very keen on the idea that every public library should be a WiFi hotspot," he said. "Already 90% have broadband, and my department is now working up that idea."
Timms strongly supported the future of 3G, and said that it would be "complementary" to WiFi.
He said: "A few months, Brian McBride, ceo of T-Mobile and I shared a platform; he's not only a leader in mobile data, but also a leader of WiFi deployment - and he was clear that the hotspot business isn't a fully formed business model. But he also says first, that it's complementary to 3G; and second, it's a technology and a business which nobody in mobile industries can afford to ignore."More @
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