Sunday, July 1, 2012

IPass Sosh: 700 000 WiFi hotspots

Sosh customers already know the connection to Orange WiFi hotspots on the various scattered in the Hexagon. Via a partnership with iPass, they will soon have access to 700,000 WiFi hotspots worldwide. The application can be tested for free by a handful of lucky in the summer.
IPass Sosh
With the approach of summer vacation, Sosh examines the case of globetrotters. Besides access to Orange hotspots already included in its three forms, the virtual operator has access to WiFi extend its international clients, through a partnership with iPass. On the menu, more than 700,000 WiFi hotspots that connect via a dedicated application. For now, the service is not in place, but may be tested by 400 subscribers during the summer, and from 30 June until 31 August ... The first 400 applicants, first served (via this form), they have so far won all available seats. The beta testers, who must be equipped with a smartphone running Android 2.1 iOS 5 or at least be able to connect each month, and free, with 700,000 partners iPass hotspots. The Android application, unlike its counterpart IOS which requires a manual management network, will be able to switch automatically from one access point to another.

Sosh iPass

Incidentally, Sosh announcement about the new international calls ... Almost time for the holidays. The virtual operator provides in effect in late August, the launch of an international option includes one hour of calls to or from abroad, but still no fee set by the MVNO, as indeed for the iPass option.