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WiFi @ Home

WiFi @ Home gives you the flexibility of accessing the Internet from anywhere in your home without the hassles of wires and cables.

In addition to the WiFi Router, Batelco will provide you once you subscribe to this service, you will need to have:

WiFi enabled Desktop and Laptop/PDA (Or you can buy WiFi cards from electronic retailers)
Any Batelco Broadband packages

Our WiFi at home service offers you a wireless modem access point which is installed on your Broadband line. Through this equipment, you are able to transform your home into a wireless Internet environment. This means that you can access the Internet from almost anywhere within your premises.

What you get:
WiFi at Home provides you with numerous benefits: you will have the freedom and mobility of using the Internet. You can also share your resources such as your printer and scanner including your Internet connection. As WiFi is short for Wireless Fidelity, you will enjoy a connection that is wireless, saving you the hassle and cost of drilling and fixing messy wires.

What you pay:
Our easy 12-months payment plan allows your to enjoy WiFi at your home with 24 hours support and a full warranty on the equipment for a period of one-year. Through this plan, you can save up to BD20

Tariffs

	Registration Fee	Monthly Installment
WiFi@Home	BD 10	BD 5

The benefits of WiFi

Connect all Desktops and Laptops at home to high speed Internet without any wires or cables.
Share printers and files such as documents, music, and pictures with all desktop/laptops at home.

Wireless@home service benefits

A full year warrantee on the equipment
Easy 12 months payment methods with Batelco
Get a full year technical support
Apply for the service.
You can apply for Batelco’s WiFi service at any Batelco outlet or call 17 88 11 11.

Minimum Requirements

A laptop or PDA with WLAN (WiFi 802.11b) capability. Your existing device may already have that capability built-in. If not, you can purchase a WiFi 802.11b wireless networking card for most laptops and many PDAs direct from any major electronics retailer.

WiFi Prepaid

1- WiFi prepaid scratch cards

You have the option of choosing between three denominations of prepaid scratch cards to suit your WiFi needs. These cards are available at all hotspot locations in the following denominations:

Denomination	Minutes	Rate	Validity
BD1	60	BD0.017	4 months from first login
BD3	200	BD0.015	4 months from first login
BD5	One-day pass	N/a	24hrs from first login

2- Perpaid WiFi charged on Mobile postpaid/GSM bill.

This payment option allows customer to charge their WiFi usage to their existing Batelco postpaid mobile account. Below are instructions for registration:

At the WiFi-login page, any Mobile postpaid customer can register for an online WiFi prepaid account, whereby you can select the username & password of your choice, choose the denomination (BD1, BD3 or BD5) and type your mobile number with 973 as a prefix to the number.
You will then get an SMS with verification code that you will have to enter in the webpage presented and click the Accept button to confirm authenticity.
Save both the receipt presented and also the Account Information (that has the User ID and Password) displayed on the page.
You can then proceed and use the User ID and Password to access WiFi.

WiFi Postpaid (300)

Postpaid WiFi charged on existing Inet or Broadband bill.

You can now simply use your existing User ID and Password of their Inet/Broadband account at hotspots and use the service. You will be charged for the usage on your Inet bill at 17 fils per minute.
Inet/Broadband customers can also subscribe to the Value (WiFi 300 package where they pay BD3 monthly and get 300 minutes. For additional minutes about the threshold there will be a charged of 10fils/minute.

Packages	Set-up Fee	Monthly Rental	Threshold	Usage Rate Above Threshold
WiFi Hotspot – Pay as you go	0	0	0	BD0.017 per minute
WiFi Hotspot 300-	BD1	BD3	300 min	BD0.010 per minute

WiFi Hotspots

Using WiFi outside the home

You can have a WiFi internet access at Hotspots around Bahrain and you will need a a laptop or PDA with WLAN (WiFi 802.11b) capability. Your existing device may already have that capability built-in. If not, you can purchase a WiFi 802.11b wireless networking card for most laptops and many PDAs direct from any major electronics retailer. You will also need a WiFi pre-paid card.

Batelco WiFi Zones

One of the advantages of the Batelco WiFi service is that it will be available at your favorite locationsThe service is currently* available at the following sites:

WiFi Hotspots
1. Bahrain International Airport
2. Starbucks Seef Mall
3. Starbucks Zinj
4. Starbucks Sanad
5. Starbucks Bahrain Mall
6. Starbucks Saar (Cypress Garden)
7. Starbucks Juffair
8. Starbucks Manama
9. Gulf Hotel
10. Crowne Plaza
11. Al-Aali Mall
12. Dana Mall
13. BAPCO Club
14. Yateem Center
15. FunLand

Free Hotspots
16. UOB
17. McDonalds Saar
18. McDonalds Bab-el-Bahrain
19. McDonalds Sakhir
20. McDonalds Hoora (Exhabtion Road)
21. McDonalds Zallaq

* More sites will be available soon

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