M&C's Steve Ragan reports that Monday saw the arrival of a Wi-Fi network covering the entire City of London, thanks to a network built and operated by The Cloud using technology from BelAir Networks.

"More than 350,000 people who work in and visit the area now have wireless broadband access throughout the city," Ragan writes.

In association with Nokia, The Cloud will be offering free access for the first month.

"Metro Wi-Fi networks are changing the face of towns and cities around the world for both public access and public sector applications," says The Cloud's Niall Murphy. "The City of London network is a global benchmark for cities and metro Wi-Fi, and an exciting addition to The Cloud's network across the UK and our other city networks in Europe."

More here from CIO Today ... more here from Macworld ... more here from Pocket-lint ... and the press release is here.