DT expands hotspot coverage for Olympics visitors in China

To help meet the demand for Internet access by visitors to the Olympic Games, Deutsche Telekom’s international wholesale arm, Business International (ICSS) from the Center Wholesale, has signed a WiFi roaming agreement with China Mobile.

The agreement enables Deutsche Telekom customers, and customers of any other carrier hooked up to DT’s WiFi roaming platform, simple access to hotspots run by China Mobile’s. Hence T-Mobile and T-Home customers from, for example, Germany, the United Kingdom, Austria, the Netherlands, or the Czech Republic can roam at DT’s Chinese roaming partner’s hotspots using their home accounts and login details, without having to purchase vouchers or online minutes with their credit cards. In addition, China Mobile customers will soon be able to roam at other roaming partners’ hotspots when they are overseas.

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Deutsche Telekom has signed a WiFi roaming agreement with China Mobile.

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Deutsche Telekom has signed a WiFi roaming agreement with China Mobile.

With this agreement, Deutsche Telekom adds another 2,000 hotspots to expand its footprint into several parts of China, including Beijing, Shanghai and several other provinces. China Mobile is the official partner of the Olympic Games with hotspots in all six Olympic cities. The agreement exceeds the duration of the Olympic games.

Altogether, Deutsche Telekom has signed on more than 40 international carriers around the world to its WiFi roaming platform, for a total of more than 30,000 hotspots.