T-Mobile: 450,000 People Paid to Use Wi-Fi

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
Date: June 13, 2005 1:34:14 PM EDT
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Subject: T-Mobile: 450,000 People Paid to Use Wi-Fi



      T-Mobile: 450,000 People Paid to Use Wi-Fi
      - Jun 13, 2005 12:38 AM (AP Online)

By BRUCE MEYERSON AP Business Writer


NEW YORK (AP) -- T-Mobile USA disclosed user statistics from its
Wi-Fi business for the first time Monday, reporting that 450,000
customers have paid to access the wireless Internet service in the
past three months.


The cell phone company declined to provide a year-ago customer tally
for comparison, but did release figures showing a sharp increase in
usage for the service, which provides high-speed Internet access for
laptops at locations such as Starbucks coffee shops, airports and
hotels.


For example, T-Mobile Hotspot users are staying online an average of
64 minutes per login in 2005, up from 45 minutes last year and 23
minutes in 2003. The total number of log-ins has totaled 3 million in
the past three months, vs. about 8 million in all of 2004.


The Wi-Fi service is a key business for T-Mobile, which unlike many
of its mobile phone rivals is not upgrading its cellular network to
deliver high-speed Internet access in addition to phone service.

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      - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=49800520



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