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Nokia has signed on as a sponsor of free wireless LAN access in some New York City parks and will let users of Nokia devices access a special mobile portal with multimedia content.
The Wi-Fi networks in 10 city parks will go live by the end of August, according to Marshall Brown, chief executive officer of Wi-Fi Salon, a startup that will build and operate the networks as a concessionaire of the city. The company announced on Thursday that its first network, in Battery Park, is now live.
When users of non-Nokia devices start using one of the networks, their browsers will be directed to a Web portal presented by Wi-Fi Salon that gives information about the park and the surrounding area, as well as some multimedia content that will be available only on the park wireless LAN, Brown said.
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