ALSO CALLED: Roaming Services DEFINITION: Roaming service is the ability to get access to the Internet when away from home at the price of a local call or at a charge considerably less than the regular long-distance charges. For example, if you normally get access to the Internet from an access provider in Brooklyn,
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iPass Inc. announced today the release of its iPass Wi-Fi Roaming Services line for service providers such as carriers, mobile operators and wireless ISPs looking to create or enhance a Wi-Fi service.
PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Posted: 16 May 2004 | Published: 01 May 2004
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Wireless LAN Roaming lets IT administrators centrally manage and enforce all remote-access policies and all personal firewall, anti-virus and VPN capabilities, ensuring that all campus Wi-Fi network users are secured.
ROAMING DEFINITION (continued): … New York and are travelling to Hong Kong, you can call a designated access provider in Hong Kong. Instead of paying long distance charges to your local provider in Brooklyn, you pay the local phone connection charge in Hong Kong and possibly a modest additional charge for the service.
Roaming service is made possible through Internet service providers (ISPs) who have cooperative agreements to grant each others' customers local access to the Internet. Special software allows cooperating … Roaming definition sponsored by SearchMobileComputing.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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