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Wi-Fi company to tackle Canada with thousands of free hotspots

By: Howard Solomon On: 07 Jul 2009 For: Network World Canada Creator

Vex Canada vows to create 5,000 hotspots in the country over the next 18 months, an ambitious plan considering there are an estimated 3,500 here already. It believes people will prefer its ad-supported free service rather than paying for connectivity

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Wi-Fi hotspots are few and far between in this country – only about 3,500 compared to 65,000 in the U.S., according to one source.

However, Vex Corp., a Brazilian-based Wi-Fi marketing company, vowed Tuesday to more than double the number in the country in 18 months by signing up organizations with an ad-sponsored, free service model.

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Howard Solomon Howard Solomon is assistant editor of Network World Canada covering network infrastructure and communications issues. An IT journalist since 1997, he has written for several of IT... more

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