Hotspot provider the Cloud is extending its Wifi access points around Birmingham’s Bullring shopping centre, allowing people throughout the complex to get online wirelessly.

Shoppers at the centre can already download the latest music and film clips, make phone calls over the internet, or surf the net and check their emails when they step into one of the 30 Wifi access points already implemented at the Bullring.

However, the Cloud plans to add more access points during the year, making the whole shopping centre, which is the equivalent of 26 football pitches, a Wifi hotspot.

Anyone that already subscribes to the Cloud's £12 a month Ultra Wifi package will be able to get online. Shoppers that just want to dip in on a single trip can plump instead for its pay-as-you-go service, which starts at £3 for 30 minutes.