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Court pushes back Unitymedia’s ‘free’ Wi-Fi network

June 8, 2017 23.17 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator Unitymedia is not allowed to transform the internet routers of its customers into Wi-Fi hotspots accessible to other customers without explicit customer approval, according to a ruling […]

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation, Tech, Top Story Tagged With: hotspots, Liberty Global, Unitymedia, UPC, Verbraucherzentrale NRW, Wi-Fi network, Wi-Free, WifiSpot, Ziggo Edited: 12 June 2017 10:25

Tele Columbus and Primacom offer free Wi-Fi

March 1, 2016 22.21 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operators Tele Columbus and Primacom have launched a community Wi-Fi service comprising 50,000 hotspots which enable their internet customers to surf the net at no additional charge while […]

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Tech Tagged With: hotspots, PrimaCom, Tele Columbus, Wi-Fi Edited: 2 March 2016 08:22

UPC Cablecom to expand free Wi-Fi service

August 14, 2014 12.00 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Switzerland’s largest cable operator UPC Cablecom will roll out co-surfing service Wi-Free to its whole customer base across Switzerland in early October 2014.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Platforms Tagged With: hotspots, Switzerland, UPC Cablecom, Wi-Fi, Wi-Free Edited: 14 August 2014 12:00

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