The most significant aspect of the deal for Redwood Shores, California-based iPass, according to Paresh Modi, its managing director for the UK, is the fact that it will give it access to the hotzones The Cloud is installing in London and eight other major cities around the UK. This means that, in London’s Square Mile [the main financial district] and other cities like Manchester, Birmingham, and Edinburgh, WiFi will be a real alternative to 3G when a user is moving around, said Modi.
The deal follows iPass’s announcement last month of the addition of Deutsche Telekom’s T-Com and T-Mobile hotspots across Europe to its connectivity offering. The ISV has no network of its own, its value-add being its single-client connectivity for multiple access modes (WiFi, broadband, dial-up, and cellular) together with centralized billing to a user’s corporate account.
