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Coordinate Technologies, provider of wireless data interconnectivity services for Carriers accessing the China market, has finalized a bilateral roaming  agreement with Swisscom, Switzerland's leading telecommunications operator. Thanks to the agreement, Swisscom customers now can access over 2200 WiFi hotspots managed by China Netcom and China Mobile ( News - Alert), including 43 airports, 1300 hotels, and all Starbucks locations. Chinese customers will be able to access 1000 top-tier hotspots managed by Swisscom as well.
International Carriers are actively targeting the Chinese market to capitalize the 3G data services.
"As Chair of the WRIX Forum roaming service specification workgroup, Swisscom has played a central role in defining roaming standards within the Wireless Broadband Alliance," said Jason Liang, CEO of Coordinate Technologies.
China Netcom ( News - Alert) operates 400 Hotspots, primarily in North China, and is anticipated to add an additional 1000 Hotspots before the 2008 Olympics. China Mobile operates 1836 hotspots. Both operators are planning significant capital investments in their WLAN coverage.
"We are continually looking to provide innovative WiFi ( News - Alert) services to our customers. This agreement with Coordinate means that we can extend Swisscom services into the rapidly growing Chinese market," said Tommy Bertling, senior product manager at Swisscom.
Niladri Sekhar Nath is a contributing writer for TMCnet covering telecommunications, service providers and networking. To see more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.
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