Okay, their goal probably wasn't specifically to 'boost coverage', but this week, Tesco, the UK ’s largest retailer, announced it began trialing free Wi-Fi throughout its stores.
I’m sure Tesco can use Wi-Fi for many internal inventory and store management requirements. Plus I suspect they want to try location-based things to put ads on people’s smartphones as they walk the isles.
But for Orange UK subscribers with Signal Boost, Tesco just made sure everyone gets great in-building coverage when they are doing their shopping.
You don’t need a femtocell for that.
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Tesco have thier stores for years with wifi calling to staff Cable & Wireless resell Orange to Tesco as part of thier converged landline/mobile system - onsite staff mobiles are UMA enabled and act as a landline, they have been using this system of converged communications for years - nice to see that wi-fi opened to customers
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