{"id":547213,"date":"2005-11-07T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-07T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/547213-sandton-city-goes-wireless.html"},"modified":"2005-11-07T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2005-11-07T14:30:00","slug":"sandton-city-goes-wireless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/547213-sandton-city-goes-wireless.html","title":{"rendered":"Sandton City goes wireless"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sandton City, SA’s biggest shopping centre, has invested R1.5 million in rolling out what it describes as the country’s largest WiFi hotspot. <\/font><\/p>\n

The hotspot provides 24\/7 instant Internet connectivity, the centre’s marketing manager, Karen Elson, says in a statement. <\/font><\/p>\n

The hotspot, covering 128,000 square meters of retail and office space, will be followed by other services within Sandton City over the next year. <\/font><\/p>\n

Elson says the hotspot will give shoppers wireless access at speeds of up to 54Mbps \u0016 rather than 3G’s 384Kbps \u0016 anywhere in the centre at a cost of between 6c and R1.50 a minute, without any contract or fixed monthly fees. <\/font><\/p>\n

"We are situated in the country’s business heartland surrounded by blue chip corporates and business entities like the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Many of our shoppers are time-constrained business executives or international business travellers who expect to have such technology at their fingertips," adds Elson. <\/font><\/p>\n

She says Wireless G, a South African provider of global broadband Internet access with 250 million international subscribers, installed the WiFi hotspot. <\/font><\/p>\n

Wireless G will operate the service in partnership with Telkom and other billing channel partners, Elson states. <\/font><\/p>\n

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