BOINGO ROAMING AGREEMENT WITH BELGIUM'S TELENET
LEADS TO DRAMATIC NETWORK EXPANSION IN THE HEART OF EUROPE
Accord with Leading WISP Will Connect Boingo Users to More Than 1000 Hot Spots in Belgium and Luxembourg including Airports, Train Stations, Conference Centers
SANTA MONICA, CA - - 28 Mar, 2006 - Boingo Wireless, the world’s leading Wi-Fi network aggregator, today announced a roaming agreement with Telenet N.V., the largest cable operator in Belgium and one of Europe’s top wireless Internet service providers (WISP).
Telenet operates a Wi-Fi hotspot network with more than 1000 locations blanketing Belgium and Luxembourg, including airports in Brussels and Antwerp, top train stations in Belgium, conference centers, hotels, restaurants and stadiums. Additionally, the Telenet network includes hotspots in popular brand-name restaurant and retail locations in Brussels, Antwerp and other cities throughout the region via partnerships with Lunch Garden, Carestel Highway Restaurants, Auto 5, Palm Breweries as well as more than 130 Q8 gas stations.
The agreement expands the Boingo® Roaming System from about 50 locations in Belgium and Luxembourg to more than 1000 locations.
“Belgium has a high Wi-Fi usage given its role as the government seat of the European Union and as a hub for multinational companies doing business in Europe. It is the perfect situation to pair the easy connectivity and signal management capabilities of the Boingo software with Telenet’s expansive and high-quality network to provide a great online experience for our users,” said Luis Serrano, Boingo's director of network strategy for Europe, Middle East and Africa.
“Driven by the technology performance benefit, Wi-Fi is becoming the wireless Internet access medium of choice across Europe, and we want to be a successful leader in that evolution. By opening our network to high-quality roaming partners like Boingo, we can increase the ease of use of Wi-Fi for business travelers and professionals which will continue to build the demand for our services,” said Nico Reeskens, senior vice president Telenet Wireless Division.
25,571 Reasons to Use Boingo
Boingo gives business travelers the best choice of Wi-Fi hotspots by combining over 25,000 locations from more than 120 leading Wi-Fi operators into one worldwide network. Boingo users can connect to any of these locations with a single Boingo account using Boingo's free Wi-Fi client software, which combines more than 450 network names into one "Boingo Wireless" network to simplify identifying and connecting to commercial Wi-Fi networks.
Boingo also partners with service providers to allow their users to access these hotspots through its Boingo Platform Services program. The program provides partners with access to this network, customized client software, and a full suite of back-office billing, roaming, mediation and clearinghouse services to allow them to offer their own Wi-Fi service quickly and cost effectively. To date, the company has announced Platform Services partnerships with BT Infonet, Earthlink, Fiberlink, Nextel Communications, MCI, Skype and Telecom Italia.
About Boingo Wireless Boingo Wireless, Inc. is an ultra-high-speed wireless Internet service available in tens of thousands of locations such as hotels, airports, cafes and other public places in dozens of countries throughout the world. The Boingo Roaming System comprises hundreds of Wi-Fi network operators, which are accessible through Boingo's connection software for laptops, PDAs, dual-mode phones and other embedded devices. The software -- available in SDK and white label GUI versions -- makes finding and connecting to Wi-Fi networks point-and-click simple, improving productivity for people on the go by enabling their device of choice for Wi-Fi roaming authentication. With the largest aggregated Wi-Fi network in the world, coupled with best-in-class software solutions for both laptops and portable devices, Boingo helps carriers and ISPs keep their customers connected with a high-quality broadband wireless connection. More information about Boingo is available at http://www.boingo.com.
Boingo is a registered trademark of Boingo Wireless Inc.
