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Organizations more confident in investing in public Wi-Fi than a year ago, according to survey

Vonage Holdings Corp.'s VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) customers will be able to get calls in areas covered by Wi-Fi hotspots after the release Tuesday of a combination VOIP/Wi-Fi phone.

The European Commission took a step to boost the market for Wi-Fi access by requiring all 25 European Union member countries to offer the 5GHz frequency band for wireless services. The Commission, the E.U.'s executive body and main telecommunications regulator, announced that all member states would have to make two frequency bands (5159-5350 MHz and 5470-5725 MHz) available for Wi-Fi Internet services from Nov. 1 this year.

Five Asian telecommunication companies have joined an initiative, backed by Intel Corp. and Singapore's Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), to develop technology that will enable users to roam between wireless LAN hotspots, according to a joint statement released Monday.

British Telecommunications PLC (BT) and T-Mobile International AG have joined an Asian consortium called the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), which plans to be operating more than 26,000 Wi-Fi hotspots around the world by the end of this year.