WiGO to expand free WiFi service
By Lawrence Casiraya
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 15:33:00 01/20/2008
MANILA, Philippines--WiGO Corp. is eyeing schools and public places like malls and airports as hotspots for its ad-subsidized free Internet service.
Launched recently, laptop users can surf the Web for free at any WiGO hotspot provided they download a desktop toolbar that shows advertising while they are logged on.
The service is currently available in selected areas in Makati City and at the National Library in Manila.
Liza de los Reyes, WiGO's chief operating officer, said the company is working on installing hotspots in universities like the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Ateneo de Manila University, both located in Quezon City.
Aside from schools, WiGO also wants to install hotspots in airports and in the Ortigas business center in Mandaluyong City.
"We want to cover the whole Metro Manila as much as possible," she said in an interview. "We are after providing quality service, not just getting enough eyeballs for our advertisers."
According to her, more than 1,000 registered users have signed up with WiGO since the service was launched about a week ago.
She did not, however, mention how much the company was investing in rolling out its hotspots nor the source of the bandwidth used by WiGO.
The company is also looking at putting up Internet kiosks in malls to allow non-laptop users to access WiGO.
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