Location based information delivery

There are provided an information providing system that enables a mobile terminal, when it is located within a communicable area of a wireless access point, to easily acquire information content related to the communicable area, a mobile terminal, a wireless access point, a charging server and an information providing method. When entering an area where information can be received, a mobile terminal 10 displays that it has entered an area where information can be acquired on the screen of a display section 14. When the mobile terminal user operates the mobile terminal 10 to select a predetermined area on the display, a request to acquire information content is sent to an information providing server 30 via a network 40. The information providing server 30.