Advertising to fund new wireless internet service

by Ann-Marie Corvin Media Week 13-May-08

A new ad-funded service providing free and subsidised access to wireless Internet connections is to launch in the UK, following a partnership between US broadband firm AnchorFree and UK online ad network WebAds.

The UK launch will follow AnchorFree's move last year to partner with ISPs and Wi-Fi service operators in the US, to provide Wi-Fi "hotspots" in numerous public areas such as...

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