MCI announced a roaming agreement with Boingo Wireless that provides its customers with remote access via some 2,000 global wireless hot spot access points in addition to its existing 600 U.S. Wi-Fi locations. MCI said it plans to add an additional 3,000 wired and wireless hotspot locations in 2004.
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