Friday, September 27, 2013

Phone boxes converted into national WiFi network

<p>Telecom New Zealand is launching a nationwide WiFi service piggybacking on its legacy network of pay-phone booths.</p><p>700 hotspots will be live by 7 October with a target of 2000 by the middle of 2014 and Telecom New Zealand customers on monthly plans and on NZ$19 and NZ$29 prepaid packs will get 1Gb a day of data free.</p><p>Other users can access the WiFi network for NZ$9.95 a month and Telecom is working on a range of other pricing plans.</p><p>Telecom Retail chief executive Chris Quin said that the conversions will help to make customers' mobile data go further and make broadband access more pervasive.</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/phone-boxes-converted-into-national-wifi-network-7000021202/">Keep reading...</a></p>

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