Coca-Cola is Adding Wi-Fi to Its Vending Machines

Coke and British Telecom are working jointly in a pilot test program to bring Wi-Fi to areas otherwise cut off from all access. The initial tests will be conducted in isolated portions of South Africa and if tests prove viable and successful, the possibility of a world connected by virtue of Wi-Fi Coca-Cola vending machines may become a reality.

For now the emphasis is very much on providing Wi-Fi to those who don’t have a smartphone in their back pocket or a Starbucks around the corner, but there’s no reason why Wi-Fi vending machines couldn’t roll out worldwide as the Internet of Things gets ever bigger.

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