Bell Mobility Inc. is erecting a wireless "hot spot" zone over one of Montreal's most heavily trafficked boulevards, providing free mobile Internet access in the area.
Beyond being a positive gesture of civic engagement in a key market, Bell, which is collaborating with local business interests, will benefit in tangible ways from the new network.
The new local-area network, which sits at the heart of the city along St-Laurent Boulevard, will give all users 30 minutes of access a day free of charge letting commuters zip off emails from a smartphone, download music to a laptop or watch video on a tablet without having to use Bell or a rival carrier's cellular network.
Existing Bell wireless customers, however, are given unlimited access at no cost. For a carrier locked in an escalating territorial scrap with Quebecor Media Inc.'s cable-turnedwireless operator, Vid
Beyond being a positive gesture of civic engagement in a key market, Bell, which is collaborating with local business interests, will benefit in tangible ways from the new network.
The new local-area network, which sits at the heart of the city along St-Laurent Boulevard, will give all users 30 minutes of access a day free of charge letting commuters zip off emails from a smartphone, download music to a laptop or watch video on a tablet without having to use Bell or a rival carrier's cellular network.
Existing Bell wireless customers, however, are given unlimited access at no cost. For a carrier locked in an escalating territorial scrap with Quebecor Media Inc.'s cable-turnedwireless operator, Vid