In what wireless analysts describe as a savvy customer loyalty program, AT&T is tying its Wi-Fi services onto the Starbucks bandwagon, adding 7,000 'hotspots' to its current 17,000 in play. In return the coffee seller gets to tap 5 million of AT&T's remote access business customers, as well as 12 million broadband and Internet service users.

The business hookup could very well be a determining factor for enterprises choosing that next mobile services provider, say analysts, as a secure remote connection is exactly what every road warrior, and every IT leader, wants when it comes to mobile device use.

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