The HTC Hub is geared for use as a wireless hotspot and brings the Telstra network into the home.

Other telecom equipment vendors would likely follow Ericsson with acquisitions in the wireless hotspot sector, said analysts and industry executives.

Late last year, a fake press release said internet giant Google was buying wireless hotspot provider ICOA Inc for $400 million.

Late last year, a fake press release said internet giant Google was buying wireless hotspot provider ICOA Inc ICOA.PK for $400 million.

This is even better news to us than the earlier discovery of a wireless hotspot feature in iOS 4.3 for iPhones.

The ultimate vision is of cheap handsets using wireless hotspots to route calls through the internet to anyone in the world with a Wi-Fi connection.