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Home arrow News arrow RFID, Wi-Fi, VoIP and Wireless Communications arrow The World’s largest Hotspot Directory now includes more than 180.000 Hotspots     




The World’s largest Hotspot Directory now includes more than 180.000 Hotspots PDF Print E-mail
Written by Spotigo   
Wednesday, 21 February 2007

The World’s largest Hotspot Directory now includes more than 180.000 Hotspots and is operated by wireless specialist Spotigo.

 

Ever been on the road and in need of Wi-Fi? No doubt you have so this database will likely be useful to many of you. Given the proliferation of WiFi enabled cell phones and the increasing reliance on mobility by most of us this is a handy utility. Spotigo boasts some 180,000+ hotspots in their database and in a test run it appears to be so. Simply sleect a country, then a town and wait for the database to load. You can then pull hotspot information by carrier (eg. perhaps you have a Sprint account etc...) The database is a bit of a pig due to its size but the results are definitely adequate and useful. Remember, WiFi doesn't mean access is free so beware of fees that may be involved. Most major carriers offer monthly plans and are a great alternative for those of you that constantly pay for web access from your hotel room. See http://hotspots.spotigo.net

Düsseldorf/Madrid, February 21, 2007 – A Hotspot is a location where people can connect to a public wireless network, such as a café, hotel or airport. Spotigo is operating the world’s largest Wi-Fi Hotspot Directory that now includes more than 180.000 Hotspots, thereof over 100.000 in Europe. Germany is the leading country in Europe with over 25.000 Hotspots while Monaco and Sweden are the countries with the highest Hotspot density per inhabitant. In the Spotigo Hotspot Directory you can search Wi-Fi access points in more than 130 countries worldwide and it can be sorted by Country, City, Postal Code, Provider and Site Type (i.e. café, hotel, park etc). Over 600 free and commercial service providers are found in the Spotigo Hotspot Directory that also provides the rates of the commercial hotspots. The Hotspot Search Service is available in English on HYPERLINK "http://hotspots.spotigo.net/"hotspots.spotigo.net and can also be found on the Spotigo partner sites Lycos, Map24, Falk and Spray.

Daniel Prümers, Managing Director Marketing & Sales and co-founder of Spotigo states: “The Wi-Fi market is literary booming and during 2006 the number of Public Wireless Hotspots has doubled. Spotigo is happy to provide the world's largest and most up-to-date search service of free and commercial Wi-Fi hotspots.”

About Spotigo

Spotigo started operations in the beginning of 2005 and is today one of the leading European software- and services company to provide innovative technology to mobile broadband operators. Spotigo manages the largest Worldwide search-service for Wi-Fi Access Points (“Hotspots”) with over 100 000 listed Hotspots in Europe and 180 000 Worldwide. Spotigo also distributes a platform independent Wi-Fi-SmartClient, a software solution that enables internet users to find and log on to Hotspots automatically. Spotigo’s products are already available in Germany, France, Spain, UK and Sweden. In 2006 the High-Tech Gründerfonds decided to invest in Spotigo for the further development of its product line.

www.spotigo.com

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