After beating its head against the wall in trying to make any headway into the portal market against the likes of Yahoo, MSN and AOL, and getting nowhere. The latest move by Lycos — specifically the European arm of the company — is to become a Wi-Fi hotspot provider.
Lycos is working on this launch with San Francisco-based Perfigo, which makes security solutions for wireless networks mainly for vertical markets like higher education. Lycos Europe will piggyback on other networks and subscribers will use a Perfigo-provided client to find and connect to hotspots.
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