Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
Karen Ambrose Hickey, Editor
South Korea is one of the most connected nations in the world using their smartphones to browse the Web while on the move.
In this country, everyone over the age of 10 has a smartphone and 60% of people using mobile devices access the Internet on their handset at least five times a day. South Koreans are also looking for innovative ways to leverage Wi-Fi, even for the chore of grocery shopping.
With that, we are happy to announce 51,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots, through SK Telecom, to get you to the internet while in South Korea.
Our iPass customers can get connected to the Internet from their mobile devices from major airports, including Incheon, Pusan and Kimpo, hotels, such as Walker Hill (Starwood), Shilla and Lotte hotels, and the Grand Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul, along with convention centers, restaurants and office locations.
More hotspots for internet-savvy South Korea >>
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Karen Ambrose Hickey, Editor
How to Beat Roaming Fees While Traveling Abroad by Michelle Higgins, in the NYTimes, gives some tips on some ways to control costs.
Carriers have made some efforts to inform and help you control costs, but here are some more tips from the article:
- Use Wi-Fi on your smartphone, and IT wants you too. It’s cheap and often faster.
- Consider data packages (with some US examples)
- Rent a Wi-Fi device (ship to your hotel!)
- Get more out of your data package
Read more and get the details >>
And, last year, we posted a video from one of our product managers that overheard IT people talking about a $27,000 roaming bill.
[photo courtesy of nytimes.com Francisco Caceres]
Saving on Roaming Fees >>
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
John Gallagher, Sr. Public Relations Manager
Today we announced a partnership with Mikenopa, a service provider that supplies luxury and business hotels in Central and Eastern Europe with top-class technologies.
As Miroslav Hanus from Mikenopa said: “Our mission is to provide five-star service to hotels so they can benefit from additional income or significant operational savings [and] our relationship with iPass strengthens our offering by bringing iPass users to world-class hotels.”
Over the recent past we have seen a growing demand from iPass users to offer connectivity in Central and Eastern Europe and it’s not only iPass that is seeing increased demand either.
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Mikenopa adds to iPass hotel footprint in Europe >>
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Karen Ambrose Hickey, Editor
Mobile Workers: there are more places for you to connect in India.
Today, we announced our partnership with Spectranet, a pioneer for wireless broadband, focused on putting in quality connectivity in 10 major Indian municipalities.
Enterprise users can connect to Wi-Fi coverage in hotels, commercial office spaces, malls and markets, as well as Indira Gandhi International Airport, the eighth largest airport in the world with over 25 million passengers; all added to the iPass Mobile Network.
Here’s a sampling of hotspots. Are you traveling? Use our Hotspot Finder to discover where you might want to connect before heading out. Catch up on a movie or shopping in between meetings!
Hyderabad
Bangalore
Chennai
New Delhi
Don’t forget that you can find and review our Indian or other 500K iPass hotspots, using our Hotspot Finder on your laptop or your smartphone.
Hotspots for mobile workers in India >>
Monday, July 18th, 2011
Karen Ambrose Hickey, Editor
It’s summer in San Francisco and the streets are bustling.
For mobile workers, here on business (or not), we have a Top Ten Wi-Fi Hotspots in San Francisco list for you.
Some of our featured hotspots include:
- Omni San Francisco Hotel: a luxury hotel in the heart of downtown San Francisco with Florentine Renaissance architecture.
- Cafe deStijl: a cafe named after the 1917 Dutch art movement, with wonderful food and coffee, as you sit looking out at the bay
- Five Embarcadero Center: part of one of the largest mixed-use complexes in the Western US with three interconnected shopping levels within four towers.
Hotspots near the Moscone Center, getting you away from the crowds and into the fresh air, include multiple Starbucks, a Specialty’s Cafe on New Montgomery, and Swig Bar, a contemporary, 2-level establishment for the “hip and the happening.”
San Francisco can now boast in having the most sustainable airport, with the recent update of Terminal 2, using 90% recycled materials from the original structure. This is the terminal for Virgin Airlines and American Airlines, which both offer inflight Wi-Fi, free to iPass users.
You can find dozens of websites with their lists of things to see, but here are a few hidden gems that we collected for you:
- Greenwich Steps: Stay in shape after that business meal on some of the finest steps in the city. They are located on the eastern side of Telegraph Hill, between Levi’s Plaza and Coit Tower. Take the Filbert Steps down!
- Francis Scott Key Monument: The first in the US, the monument dedicated to the author of “The Star-Spangled Banner” is in Golden Gate Park. It is located on the eastern edge of “Music Concourse” between de Young Museum and California Academy of Sciences.
- Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory: Tucked in on Ross Alley, this factory has been supplying fortune cookies to Chinatown and around the world since 1962. Take the tour; try the chocolate.
- Walk the crookedest street in SF (not Lombard!): Drive south on Vermont Street from McKinley Park. Also make sure to catch some City views.
Don’t forget that you can find and review our over 500K iPass hotspots, using our Hotspot Finder on your laptop or your smartphone.
And for any first time visitors, trust me on this: bring a jacket or you will be going home with a new San Francisco sweatshirt.
Top Ten Wi-Fi Hotspots in San Francisco
Summer in San Francisco – Wi-Fi map for mobile workers >>
