Here we're trying to maintain a list of companies that provide commercial wireless services or products.

Wireless ISP's

• Sweden

  • [http://www.homerun.telia.com/ Telia]

    • Serves more than 100 hotels, train stations & airports in Sweden, will expand to 300 locations in 2001.

• United States (interstate providers)

  • [http://www.air2lan.com Air2Lan]:

    • A broadband ISP, plans to use unlicensed bands at 2.4 GHz, 5.8 GHz and 900 MHz for 128K-4Mbps using [http://www.ofdm.org OFDM modulation] in 40 markets by 2003.

  • [http://www.air2web.com/index.jsp Air2Web]:

    • Holiday Inn's corporate parent, Bass Hotels, will provide travelers with information in more than [http://www.wirelessnewsfactor.com/perl/story/8367.html 3,000 hotels] using wireless PDAs or phones from [http://www.wirelessnewsfactor.com/perl/story/8266.html Verizon] or [http://www.wirelessnewsfactor.com/perl/story/8225.html Sprint] like GPRS/Bluetooth models from [http://www.wirelessnewsfactor.com/perl/story/8375.html Ericsson] or [http://www.wirelessnewsfactor.com/perl/story/8365.html Nokia].

  • [http://www.globaldigitalmedia.com Global Digital]:

    • Kiosks and wireless access points in Boston and Philadelphia airports with 35 planned in 2001

  • [http://www.mobilestar.com/ MobilStar]

    • Working with Starbucks and Microsoft, will provide 5,000 coffee shops around the country. Also has 150 hotel and airport locations including Dallas-Ft Worth, Austin, JFK (American gate) and member lounges.

    • [http://www.surfandsip.com/ Surf and Sip]

      • About 50 restaurants and cafes in SF plus LA and Kentucky. Plans to expand to 1,000 locations including Portland, Seattle, and San Diego by late 2001.

  • [http://www.wayport.com/ WayPort]

    • Serves Sea/Tac, Austin and Dallas/Ft-Worth and 150 hotels. Plans
      • to expand to 550 hotels by June, 2001.
• United States (by state)
  • California, San Francisco

    • [http://www.airwave.com/ AirWave]

      • Serves about 75 restaurants, bookstores and cafes in San Francisco. National expansion planned.
  • Oregon, Portland

    • [http://www.millenicom.com/ Millenicom] (+1 503 768 3063)

    • [http://www.kondooit.com/ Kondooit Broadband] They operate the old Verizon data center/cell site on the roof of the Weatherly (see also [http://www.theweatherly.com/ theweatherly.com]). With multiple DS-3 connectivity and several 2.4, 5.2 and 5.8 Ghz nodes around the city, they also provide server co-location and web hosting. They are also the provider of the freely accessible hot spot that covers Waterfront Park.

    • [http://www.cerulic.com/ Cerulic]

      • Provider of 802.11b and BlueTooth access points in public buildings, airports, hotels and conference centers.

  • Washington, Tri-Cities

    • [http://www.clearskybroadband.com ClearSky Broadband]:

      • ISP in Washington state, will use [http://www.breezecom.com/HomePage.asp BreezeCOM's 2.4 GHz ISM gear] for business users in the Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA and Scottsdale/Phoenix.

  • Washington, Vancouver

    • [http://www.winfieldnet.com Winfield Digital & Wireless] (+1 360 735 9200)

    • [http://www.ltinet.net LTI] (+1 360 896 2782)

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... these need to refactored into the above list.

• [http://www.commtag.com Comm Tag]: allows spontaneous communication-on-demand without prior agreements or setup. It [http://www.wirelessnewsfactor.com/perl/story/7641.html links Bluetooth to cellular]

• [http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=hot&script=410&layout=6&item_id=152831 Starwood Hotels] and Resorts Worldwide: Will deploy Bluetooth "hot spots" using [http://www.axis.com/products/axis_9010/index.htm Axis 9010 hardware] and [http://www.classwave.com/PRDisplay1.asp?prNum=95 Classwave Bluetooth software]. GSM and Bluetooth will be combined by [http://www.kipling.se/eng/202.lasso?id=69 Kipling and Axis]

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