NetNearU shifts its business model slightly to gain some former Cometa locations, including Tully's: NetNearU's business to date has been entirely focused on building an authentication and accounting platform that they can license to venues and network builders such as Cafe.com and CEDX.
The company today tweaked its model to incorporate some former Cometa hotspot locations, according to a note from NetNearU's president and COO Cody Catalena. NetNearU didn't want to compete with its platforms licensees, but it had an opportunity to expand the network in a way that benefits them: the Tully's and similar managed services locations that they take over will allow free roaming from existing NetNearU partner networks' customers.
The president's letter states unequivocally that NetNearU isn't establishing a separately branded managed services business. The Tully's locations will be labeled with the coffee vendor's identity.