ACC
Liverpool will offer free Wi-Fi to visitors and delegates across the
Echo Arena and BT Convention Centre from January 2013. The news comes a
week after Peterborough Arena also announced it will also offer free
Wi-Fi across its event suites.
ACC Liverpool said offering
complimentary Wi-Fi was part of its ‘At Your Service’ offer, which sees
the venue providing a range of value-added services to clients including
floristry, furniture, technology and AV. It follows an investment into
boosting wireless connectivity access points, allowing more people to
use Wi-Fi simultaneously.
The
venue said the service will offer a total of 100 Megabytes per second
(Mbps), shared concurrently and free of charge, adding “Mbps can be
increased if clients choose to purchase a bespoke package”.
“We
have listened to our clients and responded with a transparent Wi-Fi
offer as we continue to enhance the technology service for delegates,” Head of Event Management at ACC Liverpool Tom Lechthaler said. “This
initial stage will make it even slicker and faster for visitors to
access a range of services from their laptops or handheld devices free
of charge.”
In addition, clients can access value-added
connectivity packages depending on requirements and for a fee. These
include a tailor-made Wi-Fi landing page, higher bandwidth, customisable
web app and optional sponsored links.
The new offering was
announced at ACC Liverpool’s London Showcase at the Ironmongers’ Hall on
21 November (pictured), which was attended by exhibition, conference
and live events clients. The venue also took the opportunity to details
plans for its 8,100sqm Exhibition Centre Liverpool, which is to be built by Olympics Construction firm ISG.
Free
Wi-Fi is becoming more prolific as venues look to up the ante on
Internet connectivity across their sites. Last week, Midlands-based
Peterborough Arena also began offering Wi-Fi for free to all venue
users. A 20MB upload and download service will be available free of
charge across all suites.
For more heavy users, the venue has
the ability to scale up services to 100MB for specific events at an
additional cost. The arena also has 3G Wi-Fi of up to 2MB available for
all other areas of the site.
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