Wayport, McDonald's serve hot-spot deal

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Wayport, McDonald's cook up hot-spot
deal

Wayport, McDonald's cook up hot-spot
deal 05/24/2004 11:22 PM

Wayport Plans to Serve McDonald's With
Wi-Fi

Wayport Plans to Serve McDonald's With
Wi-Fi 04/13/2004 01:58 AM
New York Times Apr 13 2004 5:55AM GMT

McDonald's selects Wayport to serve up
Wi-Fi

McDonald's selects Wayport to serve up
Wi-Fi 04/13/2004 12:50 PM
Wayport Inc. said McDonald's Corp. has selected the company as its exclusive nationwide public access Wi-Fi provider, which could lead to deployment of the world's largest Wi-Fi network. Dan Lowden, vice president of marketing at Austin-based Wayport, said his company expects to install Wi-Fi service in about 3,000 McDonald's restaurants this year and eventually plans to extend the service to "as many as possible" of the 13,000 McDonald's outlets in the U.S. during the course of the four-year contract.

McDonald’s selects Wayport to serve up
Wi-Fi

McDonald’s selects Wayport to serve up
Wi-Fi 04/13/2004 04:52 PM
McDonald’s tapped Wayport to serve as its nationwide Wi-Fi service provider in a four-year contract covering its 13,000 U.S. outlets.

McDonald's Chooses Wayport for New Wi-Fi
(AP)

McDonald's Chooses Wayport for New Wi-Fi
(AP) 04/13/2004 12:40 AM
AP - McDonald's Corp. has chosen Wayport Inc. to provide wireless Internet service in dining rooms and drive-through windows at several thousand of its U.S. restaurants.

McDonald's Chooses Wayport for New Wi-Fi

McDonald's Chooses Wayport for New Wi-Fi 04/13/2004 03:05 AM
AP via Newsday Apr 13 2004 7:09AM GMT

Wayport wins McDonald's hotspot gig

Wayport wins McDonald's hotspot gig 04/22/2004 06:33 AM
WLAN, burger and fries

Wayport fries competition for McDonald's
bid

Wayport fries competition for McDonald's
bid 04/13/2004 10:10 AM
The Wi-Fi company will be the sole provider of wireless Internet access at McDonald's restaurants in the U.S.

WAYPORT POWERS McDONALD'S U.S. WI-FI
SERVICES

WAYPORT POWERS McDONALD'S U.S. WI-FI
SERVICES 04/19/2004 10:59 AM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Apr 19 2004 3:44PM GMT

McDonald's Taps Wayport for Wi-Fi
(NewsFactor)

McDonald's Taps Wayport for Wi-Fi
(NewsFactor) 04/13/2004 03:45 PM
NewsFactor - McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) has chosen Wayport as its preferred provider of high-speed wireless technology, now being rolled out in its fast-food restaurants across the country.

McDonald's chooses Wayport for new Wi-Fi
restaurant service

McDonald's chooses Wayport for new Wi-Fi
restaurant service 04/13/2004 07:25 AM
Boston Globe Apr 13 2004 11:29AM GMT

McDonald's taps Wayport to add thousands
of Wi-Fi spots

McDonald's taps Wayport to add thousands
of Wi-Fi spots 04/13/2004 01:58 PM
USA Today Apr 13 2004 6:28PM GMT

Wayport to Give McDonald's Wireless
Internet Access (Reuters)

Wayport to Give McDonald's Wireless
Internet Access (Reuters) 04/13/2004 09:55 AM
Reuters - Wayport Inc. will provide wireless high-speed Internet access, known as Wi-Fi, to customers in McDonald's Corp. (MCD.N) restaurants in the United States, according to a deal announced by both companies on Tuesday.

McDonald's to serve Wi-Fi with burgers

McDonald's to serve Wi-Fi with burgers 01/07/2004 05:35 PM

McDonald's to serve $2.95 WiFi

McDonald's to serve $2.95 WiFi 04/13/2004 09:54 AM
ZDNet Apr 13 2004 2:00PM GMT

McDonald's, SBC team up to serve WiFi
access

McDonald's, SBC team up to serve WiFi
access 06/07/2004 05:59 AM
SiliconValley.com Jun 7 2004 10:33AM GMT

BT, McDonald's Serve Up WiFi Net Access
with Fries (Reuters)

BT, McDonald's Serve Up WiFi Net Access
with Fries (Reuters) 01/07/2004 02:25 PM
Reuters - BT Group announced Wednesday an alliance with McDonald's Corp. to equip the fast-food restaurant chain with high-speed wireless, or WiFi, Internet access in over 500 locations across the United Kingdom.

SBC deal to put Wi-Fi in up to 6,000
McDonald's (AFP)

SBC deal to put Wi-Fi in up to 6,000
McDonald's (AFP) 06/08/2004 12:17 PM
AFP - As many as 6,000 McDonald's restaurants will be equipped with wireless Internet or "Wi-Fi" access by next year under a deal announced with SBC Communications.

Deal Paves Way For Cingular Wireless To
Serve All Top 100 US Cities

Deal Paves Way For Cingular Wireless To
Serve All Top 100 US Cities 07/12/2004 12:43 AM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Jul 12 2004 5:15AM GMT

McDonald's: No Deal To Announce

McDonald's: No Deal To Announce 11/06/2003 02:47 PM
MacMinute notes a statement from McDonald's regarding today's rumor about the McDonald's and iTunes giveaway. According to McDonalds, "There are no...

SBC serves up McDonald's Wi-Fi deal

SBC serves up McDonald's Wi-Fi deal 06/08/2004 06:04 AM
Fast Net, fast food

McDonald's Denies Deal With iTunes

McDonald's Denies Deal With iTunes 11/06/2003 11:51 PM
fdiv_bug writes "Turns out, according to a press release, that the iTunes Music Store/McDonald's deal mentioned earlier today was only a rumor. A swing and a ...

McDonald's deal beefs up wireless web

McDonald's deal beefs up wireless web 01/07/2004 06:57 PM
Guardian Unlimited Jan 7 2004 7:55AM ET

McDonald's: No iTunes deal to announce

McDonald's: No iTunes deal to announce 11/06/2003 01:26 PM
McDonald's has responded to a published report that it plans a massive digital song giveaway promotion with Apple, calling it "pure speculation."...

Wayport Metrics

Wayport Metrics 05/25/2004 04:20 PM
During Wayport's briefing yesterday, they shared key metrics about the company: It's rare to see this much data from any hotspot provider, which goes to show the confidence Wayport has in its current and future businesses. The old saying is, never write your competitor's business plan for them. Wayport fears no such animal, it's clear, especially with its Wi-Fi World partnership model ahead of it. In terms of core connections or 24-hour sessions, Wayport shows 124,000 in the first quarter of 2001, rising to 301,000 in first quarter of 2003, and 645,000 in the first quarter of this year. They estimate 714,000 connections for this current quarter, and over a million for third quarter. These connections include all direct and third-party pay-as-you-go and subscriber uses. Wayport also provided its raw revenue figures for the last three year. The company started with $1.5 million received in 2002's first quarter, rising consistently and steadily to $6.1 million in the first quarter of 2004. They estimate $6.7 million for second quarter, $8.7 million for third quarter, and over $10 million in the final quarter of 2004. The company's CEO expected to produce about $1.5 to $2 million per week within 12 months for an annual runrate of $75 to $100 million. Under Wi-Fi World, subscriber connections ostensibly won't be counted because Wayport will receive fixed fees per venue regardless of connections. However, Wayport will still collect walk-up fees for two-hour sessions ($2.95 for two hours) which they will share with the retail venue....

Wayport Raises $20M

Wayport Raises $20M 08/03/2004 12:47 PM
Wayport reports raising an additional $20 million in private placement: We try to avoid reporting on routine financial events such as funding rounds unless the company has critical importance to the industry or its financial well-being is in question. Wayport told me about a year ago that they were seeking additional funds in a round that would allow them to expand their sales force, among other purposes. That round just closed at $20 million. I'm not surprised that Wayport was able to raise these funds given their Wi-Fi World retail model of charging announced several weeks ago, which provides them a sustainable model from Day One for unwiring McDonald's locations, for which they have the exclusive franchise contract. Wayport was also selected as the managed services provider for SBC's FreedomLink to build out the several thousand UPS Store locations. In the wake of May's announced Cometa Networks shutdown due to lack of funds, it's useful to know that Wayport has these additional funds in hand. Wayport disclosed its revenue predictions in May when they announced their Wi-Fi World pricing model for partners....

Wyndham Re-Ups with Wayport

Wyndham Re-Ups with Wayport 06/21/2004 01:50 PM
Wyndham has long been the mainstay of Wayport's hotel market, and they've re-upped: The new contract will last three years, and comes at a time that Wayport is exploring new business models for providing flat-rate reseller access to their retail partners--hotels and other venues could follow, but not for months. Wyndham has both wired and Wi-Fi service, mostly in-room wired broadband and Wi-Fi in public spaces, and provides free Internet access at its 85 properties to members of its By Request affinity club. Membership in the club is free, but must be completed before checking in....

Wayport Hits 6,300 Locations

Wayport Hits 6,300 Locations 01/04/2005 02:27 AM
Wayport has 6,300 locations equipped; 5 million sessions in 2004: Wayport announced that they have exceeded 6,300 hotspots between locations with which they have directly contracted and those that they operate as a managed service, primarily for SBC Communications's FreedomLink network. The company also said that they had 5 million connections in 2004, with 600,000 in October alone. Wayport had about 1,000 location at the end of 2003, and a significant subset included in-room wired broadband hotels with Wi-Fi just in lobbies. Virtually all new locations are Wi-Fi only in retail establishments. Dan Lowden, vice president of marketing at Wayport, said in an interview on Monday that Wayport believes they are now the biggest Wi-Fi network in the U.S., having exceeded T-Mobile's count, which is just under 5,300 according to T-Mobile's location finder. (This doesn't include T-Mobile's fee-based roaming partners.) "We're very very excited about it; it's a big milestone for us. We're excited to be the biggest in the United States," Lowden said. Lowden said that Wayport is adding about 150 locations per week. They expect to exceed 6,000 McDonald's restaurants by third quarter of 2005, pushing their total over 10,000 locations. Because certain large footprints have already been tied up, such as many coffee chains, and because of Wayport's exclusive deal for fast-food restaurants with McDonald's, Wayport is pushing into different kinds of spaces and services. For instance, their deal with Hertz gives them an alternate presence at airports. And Wayport will work with venues that may not need public Wi-Fi at all, or it's an adjunct to the real purpose: private services like cashless transactions (which they're doing with McDonald's) and security. Lowden also noted that even with the hotel market so widely built out with high-speed services, there's still a lot of room to grow or rebuild. "We continue to see opportunities where folks have had three or four service providers over the last three or four years," he said. Wayport's now an established firm with major partners making it easy for them to bat clean up in cases such as these. The company has grown fairly rapidly in the last year to handle the new contracts with over 330 employees now, with 150 hired in the last year....

Linux Powers Wayport

Linux Powers Wayport 02/18/2004 05:18 PM
Newly liberated ex-Wayport, ex-Musenki, ex-Vivato engineer Jim Thompson outs Wayport's hardware secret: Jim notes in his new blog that Wayport's success is definitely partly dependent on its choice long-ago of 802.11b (radical at the time) and Linux. Jim imagines having to fly out and remotely fix thousands of Windows-based authentication and billing modules when Windows viruses and worms hit -- not a problem for Wayport because of their non-MS infrastructure. Jim was CTO at Wayport for several years, and his work at Musenki led to the bridging box that Vivato sells now....

Radio Free Wayport

Radio Free Wayport 03/14/2005 05:47 PM
Wayport streams music in Austin's airport: The streaming audio service is available to Wayport users at the Austin-Bergstrom airport through a relationship with the Texas Music Group, which features many local artists. The music service is free once you're connected to Wayport's network in the airport. The timing is perfect just before SXSW, which I'll be attending the interactive portion of....

Wayport to be Replaced at SeaTac

Wayport to be Replaced at SeaTac 02/10/2004 02:40 AM
The new Wi-Fi network that AT&T Wireless is building at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport will replace the existing network which is owned and operated by Wayport: Wayport appeared unaware of the new network or the impending cancellation of its relationship with the airport. The airport will own the network that AT&T Wireless is building and AT&T Wireless isn't charging the airport for the equipment or installation. The Wi-Fi network comes for free as part of AT&T Wireless's contract to install cellular equipment that will improve cell coverage inside the airport. Airport officials have not decided who will operate the new Wi-Fi network but they are clear about the future of Wayport's network. "Wayport will depart," said Bob Parker, a SeaTac spokesman. Wayport has operated the network at SeaTac for over four years. Its contract ended last year and since then it has been on a month-to-month contract with the airport. "Wayport owns those hotspots. We imagine they will come in and remove them," said John Faulkner, aviation business manager for SeaTac. He hopes that the Wayport network can be shut down at a time that will correspond with the completion of the new network to avoid a breech of service. The new network should be finished by early 2005, though an AT&T Wireless spokesman said he expects it to be completed before then. Wayport seemed unaware of the changes taking place at SeaTac. "We know they're talking to AT&T. We haven't heard anything official," said Dan Lowden, vice president of marketing for Wayport. "We look to continue to work with SeaTac in the way we are." Wayport could be in the running to operate the new network, though it's more likely that if Wayport is involved in the future network it would be through roaming deals with the company that ultimately will operate the network, Faulkner said. As part of the request for proposals to build the cellular and Wi-Fi networks, the airport gave participants the option of bidding on the Wi-Fi operations business as well. AT&T Wireless was one of the bidders that expressed interest in operating the network but the airport has not yet decided who will operate the network. "We want to do the business planning to figure out how to parcel out the network and structure the revenue model," Faulkner said. SeaTac wasn't unhappy with the service from Wayport but the decision to build a cellular network...

Wayport Progress Report

Wayport Progress Report 01/09/2004 09:52 PM
Wayport has built Wi-Fi networks in over 800 locations, including 35,000 hotel rooms: The company has an additional 20,000 hotel rooms sold, soon to be built. In the last six months of 2003, Wayport logged a 113 percent increase in customer connections--defined as sessions of unlimited use in one location--over the same time frame a year earlier. Wayport's revenues for the fourth quarter 2003 grew 87 percent over the same quarter in 2002....

Free Times for Wayport Users

Free Times for Wayport Users 12/11/2003 04:47 PM
Wayport subscribers get full downloads of the electronic edition of The New York Times: This partnership with NewsStand provides Wayporters with the all-in-one edition, which is essentially the print version as an electronic document. Folks who subscribe to the electronic Times get a $25 Wayport prepaid card, which is probably three sessions....

Wayport Bags Golden Arches

Wayport Bags Golden Arches 04/13/2004 11:20 AM
Wayport will unwire 13,000 McDonald's: Wayport, one of the very earliest and longest-lasting Wi-Fi hotspot operators, has reportedly become the sole contractor to provide Wi-Fi service in 13,000 McDonald's. The company's CEO is quoted saying that they would add service in up to 3,000 stores this year. Wayport recently snagged The UPS Store contract as well, which involves thousands of stores in the U.S. The service will cost $2.95 for two hours, a substantial discount over most similar pay-as-you-go plans in the U.S. and Europe, significantly below the closest comparable large domestic network, T-Mobile HotSpot, which charges $6 per hour (one-hour minimum) or $10 per day. Cometa Networks and a Toshiba division were also in trials with McDonald's. Cometa recently lost its largest reseller partner, AT&T Wireless, for reasons that weren't disclosed, even as it signed up Barnes & Nobles's several hundred U.S. locations. Toshiba's product always seemed to be a strange play for a company with little Wi-Fi strategy; more of a turnkey-hotspot product than a network plan. None of the articles on the McDonald's deal mention the impact on McDonald's own operations. Back in July 2003, a McDonald's executive mentioned how important the full gestalt of Wi-Fi might be the company: providing them with the ability to have wireless point-of-sale components, offer reduced-price access to staff (thus reducing employee turnover), and letting district managers and contractors have inexpensive access....

Wayport adds free NY Times downloads

Wayport adds free NY Times downloads 12/11/2003 03:42 PM

Wayport Brings Wi-fi Wireless Internet
Access To 6,500 Oakwood Apartments

Wayport Brings Wi-fi Wireless Internet
Access To 6,500 Oakwood Apartments 09/19/2004 11:08 PM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Sep 20 2004 2:12AM GMT

Wayport To provide Wi-Fi Wireless
Internet Access For Handlery Hotels

Wayport To provide Wi-Fi Wireless
Internet Access For Handlery Hotels 07/14/2004 03:21 PM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Jul 14 2004 6:57PM GMT

At least they'll know what to serve it
with

At least they'll know what to serve it
with 02/01/2005 09:59 PM
China's Latest Innovation: Fish Wine
The French used grapes, Russians fermented potatoes, Koreans put ginseng in their drink and Mexicans distilled cactus plants to make fiery tequila.
Now China has made wine out of fish.

SERVE

SERVE 01/27/2004 04:06 PM
A security analysis of the Pentagon's experimental Internet voting system, SERVE, says it's too vulnerable to be used. An incident in Canada last year highlights the risks. But the Pentagon is standing behind the system, and seven states have signed on. [Via Black Box Notes.]
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