McDonald's Chooses Wayport for New Wi-Fi
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McDonald's Chooses Wayport for New Wi-Fi
(AP)
McDonald's Chooses Wayport for New Wi-Fi
(AP)
04/13/2004 12:40 AMAP - 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
restaurant service
McDonald's chooses Wayport for new Wi-Fi
restaurant service
04/13/2004 07:25 AMBoston Globe Apr 13 2004 11:29AM GMT
McDonald's Taps Wayport for Wi-Fi
(NewsFactor)
McDonald's Taps Wayport for Wi-Fi
(NewsFactor)
04/13/2004 03:45 PMNewsFactor - 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.
WAYPORT POWERS McDONALD'S U.S. WI-FI
SERVICES
WAYPORT POWERS McDONALD'S U.S. WI-FI
SERVICES
04/19/2004 10:59 AMWi-Fi Technology Forum Apr 19 2004 3:44PM GMT
Wayport wins McDonald's hotspot gig
Wayport wins McDonald's hotspot gig
04/22/2004 06:33 AMWLAN, burger and fries
Wayport Plans to Serve McDonald's With
Wi-Fi
Wayport Plans to Serve McDonald's With
Wi-Fi
04/13/2004 01:58 AMNew 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 PMWayport 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.
Wayport fries competition for McDonald's
bid
Wayport fries competition for McDonald's
bid
04/13/2004 10:10 AMThe Wi-Fi company will be the sole provider of wireless Internet
access at McDonald's restaurants in the U.S.
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 PMUSA Today Apr 13 2004 6:28PM GMT
Wayport, McDonald's serve hot-spot deal
Wayport, McDonald's serve hot-spot deal
05/25/2004 10:18 AMZDNet May 25 2004 2:16PM GMT
Wayport, McDonald's cook up hot-spot
deal
Wayport, McDonald's cook up hot-spot
deal
05/24/2004 11:22 PMWayport to Give McDonald's Wireless
Internet Access (Reuters)
Wayport to Give McDonald's Wireless
Internet Access (Reuters)
04/13/2004 09:55 AMReuters - 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.
Wayport Metrics
Wayport Metrics
05/25/2004 04:20 PMDuring 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 PMWayport 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 PMWyndham 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....
Wayport Progress Report
Wayport Progress Report
01/09/2004 09:52 PMWayport 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....
Linux Powers Wayport
Linux Powers Wayport
02/18/2004 05:18 PMNewly 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 AMThe 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...
Free Times for Wayport Users
Free Times for Wayport Users
12/11/2003 04:47 PMWayport 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 AMWayport 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....
McDonald’s selects Wayport to serve up
Wi-Fi
McDonald’s selects Wayport to serve up
Wi-Fi
04/13/2004 04:52 PMMcDonald’s tapped Wayport to serve as its nationwide Wi-Fi service
provider in a four-year contract covering its 13,000 U.S. outlets.
Wayport adds free NY Times downloads
Wayport adds free NY Times downloads
12/11/2003 03:42 PMWayport 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 PMWi-Fi Technology Forum Jul 14 2004 6:57PM GMT
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 PMWi-Fi Technology Forum Sep 20 2004 2:12AM GMT
Dow chooses IBM for work EDS had been
doing
Dow chooses IBM for work EDS had been
doing
08/02/2004 08:46 PMThe Dow Chemical Co. has awarded IBM Corp. a 7-year outsourcing
contract to manage its IT infrastructure and to implement an Internet
telephony system based on VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)
technology, the companies announced jointly in a press release on
Monday.
CBC Radio 3 Chooses CC as a Top Issue
CBC Radio 3 Chooses CC as a Top Issue
02/01/2005 08:39 PMCBC Radio 3 has chosen Creative Commons Canada as
5th of 100 contemporary issues facing Canadians today.
Sun chooses head for x86 division
Sun chooses head for x86 division
05/18/2004 04:25 PMOne month after a major executive shake up at Sun Microsystems Inc.,
the dust appears to be settling a bit. The company has now appointed
former Chief Technology Officer of Software John Fowler as executive
vice president of the company's newly created Network Systems group, a
Sun spokeswoman confirmed on Tuesday.
Oracle chooses its new CFO
(SiliconValley.com)
Oracle chooses its new CFO
(SiliconValley.com)
07/14/2004 06:58 AMSiliconValley.com - Software maker Oracle said Tuesday that it has
hired an Accenture executive to be its new chief financial officer,
filling a key management slot being vacated by one its most respected
executives.
Vodafone chooses Nokia to go 3G
Vodafone chooses Nokia to go 3G
05/10/2004 05:34 PMONE News May 10 2004 9:27PM GMT
InfoWeek chooses TopStyle
InfoWeek chooses TopStyle
09/13/2004 09:02 AMThe Swiss weekly publication InfoWeek just chose TopStyle as the best CSS
editor. The full review is only available to subscribers, but here's
a summary of their findings.
Note that TopStyle is the only one of the bunch that's also a
full-blown HTML editor as well as a CSS editor.
Google chooses banks for IPO
Google chooses banks for IPO
04/26/2004 07:36 AMGuardian Unlimited Apr 26 2004 11:55AM GMT
Google Chooses IPO Underwriters
Google Chooses IPO Underwriters
04/26/2004 06:14 AMForbes Apr 26 2004 10:23AM GMT
Lindows Chooses New Name for OS
(TechWeb)
Lindows Chooses New Name for OS
(TechWeb)
04/15/2004 03:44 AMTechWeb - Will keep company name, but hopes product name change will
cool down Microsoft.
AT&T Worldnet Chooses Google
AT&T Worldnet Chooses Google
07/03/2002 11:09 AMPress Release: AT&T Selects Google to Provide Complete Search Solution
"AT&T Worldnet subscribers will see targeted online advertisements
from Google's rapidly growing base of AdWords Select advertisers.
These highly relevant ads appear next to search results, and are
carefully matched to users' search requests."...
US air defenders chooses Blade PCs
US air defenders chooses Blade PCs
04/18/2005 04:25 AMZDNet UK Apr 18 2005 8:39AM GMT
More on BT and McDonald's
More on BT and McDonald's
01/07/2004 02:37 PMBT officially announced that it will build hotspots in over 500
McDonald's restaurants in Britain: BT will pay for the install and
both companies will promote it and share revenues. BT expects to have
4,000 hot spots by this summer and said it will continue to make
roaming agreements with other hot spot operators around the globe.
This story offers slightly different details, including some more
information on what's happening with McDonald's hot spots in the U.S.
A recent survey of McDonald's hot spots in the U.S. showed that
customers are predominantly male, many of whom said they would not
have visited McDonald's if not for the Wi-Fi. So much for the campaign
to encourage people to eat healthier....
UK McDonald's to get Wi-Fi
UK McDonald's to get Wi-Fi
01/05/2004 02:57 PMRumor has it that BT may build hot spots in U.K. McDonald's: In the
U.S., McDonald's has hired three companies to build hot spots but may
ultimately whittle down to just one vendor....
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