BT helps visitors to London Fashion Week with hotspot

LONDON - BT has launched a wireless hotspot to help the fashionistas at this year's London Fashion Week stay in touch with the world.

Designers, buyers, exhibitors, journalists and photographers attending the fashion shows on September 19-23 can surf the web and download documents following the installation of a wireless broadband network by BT Openzone, along with Intel Centrino.

The companies are also making the end of the main catwalk into a giant Wi-Fi hotspot, so journalists can file copy and email photographs of the latest trends direct from the catwalk back to their newsdesks.

BT Openzone allows anyone with a Wi-Fi enabled laptop or PDA to connect remotely to the web at broadband speeds.

Chris Clark, chief executive of BT Wireless Broadband, said: "With thousands of fashion followers, journalists and photographers from around the world visiting London Fashion Week, the installation of BT Openzone provides them with a perfect opportunity to check their emails or sort out something urgent in between shows."

There are currently more than 4,000 BT Openzone hotspots nationwide at a range of locations, including Hilton Hotels, British Airways lounges, Welcome Breaks, RoadChefs and McDonald's Drive-thrus.

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