2010 National Nicol Entrepreneurial Award Finalist

University of Alberta

Mesh Canada
Eric Warnke and Mark Fossen

Mesh Canada is building a network for delivering location-specific targeted advertising. The key target market for this service will be small businesses, such as independent coffee shops, who wish to provide their patrons with wireless internet access but lack the necessary in-house technical expertise and financial resources. Mesh Canada provides business owners with free wireless hotspots that let them offer secure and branded internet access to their customers, with all costs covered through the sale of carefully targeted advertising. The company has successfully implemented a pilot project network with over 20 hotspots supporting over 1,200 unique users each month.

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