The number of supporters following the programme’s efforts to see free Wi-Fi in every major town and city in the UK has grown dramatically since the launch of the online campaign over four months ago. The show’s producers hope to present a signed petition to the government later on this year. To help promote this action further, free-hotspot.com has now set up a Wi-Fi locator box on The Gadget Show website (http://gadgetshow.five.tv/jsp/wifi_locator.htm) which enables users to select the free hotspot nearest their present location anywhere in the UK.

“We are delighted to endorse The Gadget Show’s drive to promote free Wi-Fi across the UK,” said Joe Brunoli, Vice President of HotSpot Market Development for free-hotspot.com. “Our company was founded on the premise that Wi-Fi access should be free and universal, and we are doing our best to help achieve this goal in the UK and throughout Europe,” he added. “We welcome the opportunity to help The Gadget Show with their own campaign as much as we can.”

free-hotspot.com currently counts more than one hundred and twenty free HotSpots across the UK and Ireland in locations ranging from popular bars and cafés to restaurant chains and hotels. The company predicts this figure to double over the next six months.

About free-hotspot.com:
free-hotspot.com operates the world’s largest free wireless network with around 800 FREE HotSpot locations in 14 countries throughout Europe. The company’s HotSpots are located in hotels, cafés, restaurants, pubs, petrol stations and other public venues.

To gain access to the free-hotspot.com’s free wireless Internet service, users agree to watch an advertisement. For this innovation, free-hotspot.com received the prestigious WBI (Wireless Broadband Innovation) Award for Best Public Wi-Fi Product 2006. The profitability of the company’s programme for HotSpot operators was also recognised when free-hotspot.com was named “Best Business Idea” for the hospitality industry at the 2006 FIZZZ Awards in Germany.

free-hotspot.com supports an active user community and provides free wireless Internet service to more than 40,000 people each month. The company operates the industry’s most comprehensive directory of free HotSpots which currently lists more than 12,000 free wireless internet locations worldwide.

To learn more about the free HotSpot programme or to find the free HotSpot nearest you, please visit: http://www.free-hotspot.com.

Press contacts:
free-hotspot.com
Emma Keenan / Johanna Toiviainen
Open2Europe
Phone: +33 1 55 02 14 59 / 58
e-mail: e.keenan@open2europe.com / j.toiviainen@open2europe.com