A process of controlling and monitoring a wireless hotspot by a wireless service
provider is disclosed. Data is received from an access point of a wireless hotspot
for wireless portable devices and is translated into wireless network data having
a format intelligible by a wireless service provider. The wireless network data
is sent to the wireless service provider and wireless service provider data is
received from the wireless service provider. The wireless service provider data
is translated into access point data having a format intelligible by the access
point and the access point data is forwarded to the access point.