Wireless operator BT Openzone has today signed a new agreement with Hilton Worldwide, which will allow the operators Wi-Fi Hotspot (wireless broadband internet access) services and coverage to be expanded out across Hilton's related hotel chains in both the UK and Ireland.

The agreement will provide Hilton's guests with Wi-Fi access, high-speed fixed line, conference and event services in more than 17,000 bedrooms, public areas and meeting spaces. BT claims that its "new technology" will also deliver "a tenfold increase in bandwidth".


The fully BT managed service will be rolled out to 100 Hilton Worldwide properties beginning in Autumn 2011, which includes six brands in the U.K. and Ireland: Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Hotels and Resorts, Doubletree by Hilton, Hilton Garden Inn and Hampton by Hilton.


Gold and Diamond Hilton HHonors members and over five million BT Total Broadband ISP customers will be able to access the service for free. BTOpenzone users and customers from iPass, AT&T and other BTO roaming partners can also use the service free of charge when visiting the hotels.