Wi-Fi landscape to change: AT&T acquires Wayport
A huge shake-up in the world of Wi-Fi (which in turn impacts phones that use it, like the iPhone) today: AT&T announced that it will acquire Wayport, a Wi-Fi services provider for dozens of companies, for $275 million in cash. It’s one of the best deals of the year in the industry, in this writer’s humble opinion.
And this means what? The addition of a ton of new hotspots across the US, which increase the total number of US based AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots to almost 20,000 (and over 80,000 worldwide). This is not only majorly convenient, but a huge selling point to buy Wi-Fi enabled phones from AT&T.
As mentioned, Wayport’s hotspots are in lots of locations, such as: hotels (Four Seasons, Wyndham, Marriott Vacation Club), McDonald’s, HealthSouth and Sun Healthcare locations, hospitals and more. The price they paid was cheap, when you honestly consider the ramifications of the deal overall.
The deal is expected to be fully implemented by the end of the year or so.
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