the european public free access wi fi company . for other uses see the cloud disambiguation . the cloud industry public access wi fi headquarters st albans hertfordshire england number of locations 22 000 area served united kingdom key people vince russell managing director number of employees 100 parent sky plc website www.thecloud.net the cloud is a provider of public access wi fi hotspots in the uk and is a member of the wireless broadband alliance . 1 it has over 22 000 wi fi hotspots network access points in the uk . 2 the cloud has offices in st albans munich and stockholm . contents 1 timeline 2 ceos 3 references 4 external links timeline edit year event jan 2003 the cloud is founded mar 2003 the cloud s network begins roll out apr 2003 bt openzone becomes the first service provider on the cloud network may 2003 network reaches 1000 sites dec 2003 the cloud wins the brainheart european wi fi award 2003 jan 2005 roll out begins in nordics sep 2004 integrated wlan and 3g service launched for 02 feb 2005 airnyx acquired in germany may 2005 roll out begins in germany july 2005 net chek in acquired in germany sept 2005 exilan acquired dec 2005 the world economic forum announces new class of technology pioneers for 2006 the cloud networks selected dec 2005 canova wireless acquired in the uk apr 2006 ipass joins the network sep 2006 telenor partners with the cloud nordics jan 2007 steve nicholson joins the cloud as ceo oct 2007 mcdonald s takes free wi fi mainstream with the cloud jan 2008 acquisition of hotel wi fi specialist ganag in germany oct 2008 17 million funding round from ferd ventures existing investors and gp bullhound dec 2008 roll out new user centric service platform jun 2009 the company moves its uk headquarters to st albans sep 2009 cloud network locator launched for the iphone oct 2009 launch of new palm pre mobile smartphone with the cloud o2 jan 2010 naunton dickins joins the company as uk managing director jan 2010 fastconnect is launched to make wi fi universally simple jan 2011 acquired by bskyb 3 aug 2011 the cloud becomes exclusive free hotspot provider for telef nica germany 4 feb 2012 telef nica o2 uk discontinues free access to the cloud for customers on unlimited wi fi contracts april 2012 sky starts offering free wireless internet to sky broadband customers in the uk via the cloud 5 ceos edit 2003 2007 george polk 2007 2011 steve nicholson 2011 present vince russell references edit about us . the cloud . when in roam . the cloud . the cloud to become part of the bskyb group . uk the cloud bskyb . january 2011 . o2 starts offering the cloud wi fi to business customers retrieved on september 12 2011 http www.digitalspy.co.uk tech news a377347 sky starts offering free wireless internet in the uk.html external links edit official website v t e sky plc uk and ireland channels sky 1 sky 2 sky arts sky atlantic sky living sky cinema sky news sky sports sky sports box office sky sports f1 sky sports news hq challenge pick 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