In a recent interview at the Web 2.0 Summit, the CEO of AT&T Ralph De La Vega confirmed that we will “soon” see an official tethering option for the iPhone.
Tethering is the the ability to connect the iPhone to your computer or notebook and use its built-in 3G modem to access the internet at 3G speeds, sharing your iPhone’s connection. This means you could access the internet in places that don’t feature a WiFi hotspot.
Tethering the iPhone was breifly possible via an application in the App Store called NetShare. However after a short period, the application was removed by Apple. AT&T currently charge customers an additional $30 a month for the ability to tether their smartphones.
Since purchasing the iPhone, the ability to tether it to my MacBook is something I’ve been waiting for. In the UK, not many places feature a WiFi hotspot at present and using my iPhones connection to access the internet would be ideal. Although, this announcement has come from AT&T and not O2, the network provider in the UK.
Although an announcement of this feature is yet to be made, MacRumors believe we could see the feature make its debut in the 2.2 firmware release.
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