Microsoft has announced Wireless Provisioning Services (WPS), support for Wi-Fi that aims to place the company and its flagship Windows XP operating system at the heart of most users' experiences with the increasingly popular wireless networking standard.
The idea is that besides adding security, WPS makes it easier for hot-spot operators' customers to sign on. T-Mobile and Swisscom, both of which have Wi-Fi offerings across several countries, have been unveiled as customer wins, and Microsoft rounded up supporting testimony from mainly North American companies running thousands of Wi-Fi network access points such as Boingo Wireless, Cometa Networks, iPass and Wayport.
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