Alltel partners with Boingo for Wi-Fi offering

Alltel Corp. has partnered with Wi-Fi hot-spot provider Boingo Wireless to provide laptop access to Wi-Fi access points around the country.
The carrier already offers data access via its own CDMA wireless network, and is making a Wi-Fi/EV-DO wireless Internet bundle available to customers starting at $10 per month in addition to a wireless Internet access plan. Users can also buy prepaid Wi-Fi cards at Alltel stores for $20 per week or $10 per day.
Boingo claims a network of more than 100,000 Wi-Fi hot spots worldwide.
“Wi-Fi is an excellent complement to Alltel’s existing portfolio of wireless Internet solutions and is a good fit with Alltel’s strategy to provide customers with more ways to connect wirelessly to the Internet, email or corporate intranet,” said David Maddox, director of product marketing for Alltel.