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New Zealand-based Tomizone, a company offering Wi-Fi Hotspot services for high-speed wireless Internet access, has announced the first independent Australasian Wi-Fi service for the Apple iPhone (News - Alert), which is scheduled for launch on July 11.

 

Tomizone’s officials said that their company has built iPhone and iPod Touch capability into all of its 600-plus Wi-Fi hotspots in Australasia. In addition, it is also offering three month free usage of its Internet service.

 

Officials pointed out that the Tomizone Hotspot works with any iPhone or iPod Touch, irrespective of the telco—Telstra (News - Alert), Optus or Vodafone—network provider. Moreover, it does not require sign up for long-term or exclusive Wi-Fi access agreements with a telco.

 

In addition to emailing and Web surfing, the Tomizone Hotspot allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to download music from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store.

 

“Wi-Fi is the fastest Internet connection available on these devices,” said Steve Simms, CEO at Tomizone, adding Tomizone is supporting Apple’s (News - Alert) innovation by making the company’s Wi-Fi network available for free, and also encouraging more people to become Tomizone Hotspot owners.

 

Simms believes its telco-independent Wi-Fi access service for iPhone and iPod Touch will be a major incentive for businesses such as hotels, cafes and coffee shops to install Tomizone Hotspots as a means of attracting new customers.

 

“All they need is a broadband connection and a Tomizone enabled Wi-Fi router to participate in this fast growing network,” he said.

 

He also said that because the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store requires a Wi-Fi connection, Tomizone Hotspots offer an increasingly large network to utilize this service “quickly and affordably” from the music download site and with all of the other new capabilities.

 

Also, the Tomizone Hotspot owner can generate income from users who pay a very low fee to access the Internet, Simms said.

 

Tomizone is a Wi-Fi Hotspot solution with its free hotspot-enabling software in selected Wi-Fi routers. When Tomizone is activated on the Wi-Fi router, the Tomizone service governs user access and usage, collects payment and distributes half the money collected to the Hotspot owner.

 

 

 

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