This is the coolest part: "If unsure, SingTel Mobile customers can easily locate the nearest wireless surf zone by simply keying in *624 on their phones."
Anthony Townsend wrote: >so much for NYC being the WLAN capital of the world > >-------- > > > >>SingTel To Have 150 Wireless Hotspots By Year End >> >>By Seng Li Peng >> >>Not to be outdone by its rival, StarHub, which has recently launched a >>Wireless Broadband Hub covering an area of 180,000 square meters (a size >>equivalent to 28 international soccer fields) at the Suntec City building >>(StarHub Launches Singapore's Largest Wireless 'Hotzone'), Singapore >>Telecommunications (SingTel) has launched its own version of wireless >>hotspots which have almost the entire Singapore covered. >> >>This means that more than 300,000 SingNet users and more than a million >>SingTel Mobile's postpaid customers are now able to access the Internet >>wirelessly at speeds of up to 512 kilo bits per second (Kbps) in more than >>100 outdoor surf zones in Singapore. >> >>Each of these zones will be marked with a SingTel 'Wireless Surf Zone' >> >> >sign > > >>and can be found in the central business district as well as suburd areas, >>Starbucks cafes, Burger King outlets, Shangri-La Hotel, country clubs and >>various community clubs among others. If unsure, SingTel Mobile customers >>can easily locate the nearest wireless surf zone by simply keying in *624 >> >> >on > > >>their phones. >>There is no monthly subscription fee to the service. SingNet dial-up and >>broadband customers and SingTel Mobile postpaid customers need only to pay >>for what they use and are charged US$0.11 per minute. They can access the >>service by using their existing SingNet user IDs or SingTel Mobile General >>Packet Radio Service (GPRS) ID (i.e. mobile phone number) and passwords >>respectively. But they would need a wireless enabled notebook computer, or >> >> >a > > >>handheld device, that complies with Institute of Electrical and >> >> >Electronics > > >>Engineers (IEEE) 802.11b standard. >> >>According to the company's vice president (Consumer Products), Hui Weng >>Cheong, SingTel plans to have at least 150 wireless surf zones by the end >> >> >of > > >>the year. "We will also offer wireless local area network (WLAN) >>infrastructure to other operators and Internet Service Providers on a >>wholesale basis," Hui added. >> >>Getting More Broadband Users Onboard >> >>The offerings do not stop with the wireless zones that cost the group more >>than US$560,000 in investments. SingNet Broadband (which has more than 50 >>percent of the domestic broadband market share with more than 92,000 >>broadband ADSL lines) has also launched 'Home Wireless Surf' which enables >>households a wireless broadband Internet connectivity anywhere within the >>home. >>As part of its plan to promote the use of pervasive and broadband >> >> >services, > > >>the service comes with no additional subscription fee and usage charges >> >> >are > > >>based on the customer's existing SingNet Broadband price plan. All they >> >> >need > > >>is an Ethernet modem, an access point and a WLAN card which cost about >>US$280. >> >>In addition, users can opt for the new Multi-Surf - a service that allows >> >> >up > > >>to three users (one main plus two Multi-Surf accounts) in the home for >>concurrent Internet access using the same ADSL connection without >>compromising broadband speeds. Each additional account costs about US$20 >> >> >per > > >>month. >> >>Wireless Services In The Pipeline >> >>SingTel has also lined up a host of new value-added wireless Internet >>services for its customers in the months ahead in a bid to up its mobile >> >> >and > > >>data services profits (which currently forms 48 percent of the groups >>revenue). These include: >> >>* Prepaid wireless surf service where customers can purchase a selected >>amount of Internet surf time and are given a temporary Internet account >> >> >and > > >>password for use at any wireless surf zone. >>* Wireless surf for inbound roamers where roamers can request for a >>temporary wireless surf account. >>* Wireless broadband roaming arrangements with GRIC and iPASS for both >>inbound roamers and SingTel customers traveling overseas. >>* Park & Surf service which enables motorists and their passengers to >>download information from car parks. >>* Wireless printing service that enables users to send documents to >> >> >selected > > >>shops for printing. They can collect the printed documents later and have >>the bill charged to their SingNet or SingTel Mobile account. >> >> >> >> > >-- >NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ >Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ >Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
