Read A Magazine, Wi-Fi Style By Wireless Week Staff

July 22, 2003
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What's a business traveler do when he is on the road and realizes he forgot his copy of BusinessWeek, and but he doesn't feel like walking to the newsstand for a new copy? Well, the answer may be just a few steps away -- Zinio Systems Inc. has inked a deal to deliver digital magazines to Wayport's Wi-Fi customers.

The partnership calls for Zinio to bring more than 70 titles from 30 publishers to Wayport's network. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

To entice Wayport customers to give the digital magazines a try, the current issue of BusinessWeek will be available for download. For those customers who commit to a subscription to the digital edition of BusinessWeek, Wayport will give them a $25 Wayport prepaid connection card. PC Magazine, Technology Review, Motor Trend and Sporting News are among the other titles that will be offered to Wayport customers either as single issues or on a subscription basis.

Wayport provides its Wi-Fi service in roughly 500 locations, including eight major airports, various hotels and 75 McDonalds in the San Francisco Bay area.

It has been a busy week for Wayport; yesterday Sprint PCS announced it inked a roaming agreement with the company to support its Wi-Fi service rollout.