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Pay-As-You-Go for WiFi Hotspot Owners
(14 Feb 2011, BWCS Staff)Skype Access has officially launched a partner programme for WiFi hotspot operators. BT Openzone, Fon and Tomizone, amongst others, have reportedly signed up to provide Internet access for consumer and business users on-the-go using Skype. The company enables users to log on using their Skype accounts and then pays the hotspot provider accordingly.
As Skype puts its – “Skype users can connect to the Internet through a WiFi operator partner in over 500,000 hotspots around the globe including 500 airports, 30,000 hotels and numerous cafes, trains, planes, offices buildings, and convention centers.” Skype Access allows the user to pay per minute using Skype Credit to control their costs at rates starting at £.04 / €.05/ US$.06 per minute (including VAT). All they need is a connection to a Skype Access compatible hotspot and the latest version of Skype for Mac or Windows.
Through the Skype Access partnership programme, WiFi operators are able to generate additional revenues from untapped users who prefer pay-as-you-go models instead of traditional vouchers. From the operators’ point of view the programme gives them potential access to Skype’s 145 million average monthly connected users who are on the move.
Skype Access partners include:
BT Openzone – UK’s WiFi hotspot provider with a network of two million hotspots
Fon – WiFi network with over 3.35 million Fon Spots across the globe
M3 Connect – WiFi provider in Germany with hotspots in many hotels, fairgrounds, airports and places like the German Stock Exchange
Row 44 – provides the in-flight broadband platform to commercial airlines around the world
Skyrove – WiFi hotspot solutions for Guesthouses, Hotels and Coffee Shops throughout South Africa
Spectrum Interactive – specializes in offering WiFi for the travel and media sector including airports and hotels across the UK
Tomizone – WiFi provider in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific
Vex – offers WiFi services in thousands of locations around the world including South America.
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