“We’ll go on to cover all of Amsterdam with 125 base stations. The idea is to prove to the big boys that it can be done, and that consumers can live with a mobile phone and mobile Internet. The landline is dead,”
According to Reuters, a company called HotSpot Amsterdam will enable WiFi access accross the entire city of Amsterdam within three months. Historic areas are already covered with the first seven access points.
Originally published on Pocketnow on August 30, 2004. More Smartphone News articles from the Pocketnow archive.