Industry research overwhelmingly demonstrates that Wi-Fi is now the preferred free-access technology for mobile devices when on-the-go.
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Other marketers, however, are stopping short of getting into the free-access game.
McGarvey says free-access providers may have staying power, as long as they offer service that is of comparable quality to that of paid providers.
Last month, the U.S. said it is considering duty-free access for Myanmar-made products to U.S. markets after earlier removing nearly all the economic sanctions it placed on the previous military government.
Kosovo is seen to have made only limited progress, although there is a chance its government may soon start talking to the EU about visa-free access to the 25-strong Schengen area later this year.
Under a trade deal with the European Union called GSP-plus, Sri Lanka's garment exports (its second-largest source of foreign exchange) enjoy duty-free access to the EU. But GSP-plus hinges partly on human rights.
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Nintendo, in addition to delivering classic games electronically with its next-generation Revolution, will distribute DS content through its free Wi-Fi access initiative.
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An e-mail from one of Brown's clients must pass through a poky, clogged--though mostly free--"public" access point in California, rather than zip along the snazzy but expensive Uunet hub.
An e-mail from one of Brown's clients must pass through a poky, clogged--but mostly free--"public" access point in California, rather than zip along the snazzy but expensive Uunet hub.
By contrast, many users in the United States and Europe have access to flat-rate or "free, " ad-supported Internet access plans.
Creating an Android app named "UltraReset" and using it in tandem with an NFC-enabled Android phone (a Nexus S, in this case), security researchers Corey Benninger and Max Sobell were able to reset and reuse -- free of charge -- transit access cards in both San Francisco's MUNI system and New Jersey's PATH system.
For better or worse, tariff-free access, once granted, can also become a political weapon.
Improvements to the Tube station include increased capacity, a bigger ticket hall, refurbished platforms and step-free access.
But Brazil, Namibia, Malaysia, Botswana, Trinidad and Tobago and Mauritius continued to enjoy visa-free access for short visits.
Britain should leave the club, such ultrasceptics growl: world trade rules would guarantee tariff-free access to EU economies.
Those EU-membership benefits include tariff-free access to Europe's markets, plus EU development funding.
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Competitors like Advanced Wireless Group offer free ad-supported access in some U.S. airports.
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Residents are being asked to club together in a bid to provide free wi-fi access for a Nottinghamshire town.
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This includes the use of its trade preference system, which gives Bangladesh duty- and quota-free access to markets in member states.
This agreement clears the way for foreign manufacturers of capacitors and resistors to have completely duty-free access to the U.S. market.
But in Buenos Aires the devaluation has reawakened fears that Mercosur is failing to guarantee problem-free access to Brazil's huge market.
Does the mandate further the governmental interest in increasing cost-free access to contraceptives by means that are least restrictive of the employer's religious freedom?
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This provision, which was set to expire in the fall, will continue to allow duty-free access to the U.S. market for certain AGOA apparel exports.
In the meantime, Silva is seeking extension of a temporary agreement that gives most exports from Colombia and Ecuador duty-free access to the U.S. market.
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The omnibus trade act also extended duty-free access for farm (and now textile) exports from the Andean countries (except Venezuela), seen as alternatives to illegal drug production.
The Greens said their "radical", but "realistic" plan for "cross-London road pricing scheme" would generate funding for step-free access, extending Tramlink and promoting cycling like in Amsterdam.
Different free trade deals are due for confirmation in the European Parliament at Strasbourg next week, giving whisky exporters to tariff-free access to Colombia, Peru and central America.
Again, presumably, the iWatch would be loaded with all the features of Passbook, and could serve as convenient hands-free access to boarding passes, frequent shopper fobs, retail couponing, etc.
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