SANTA MONICA, Calif. - - September 14, 2005 - Boingo Wireless, a leading Wi-Fi service provider for business travelers, has been named the Los Angeles region's highest-growth Rising Star in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 program. The award is based on the 3,549% revenue growth the company has experienced since 2002.

The Rising Star award is a special designation for fast-growth technology companies that have been in business less than 5 years and is part of the Los Angeles Technology Fast 50 program, which ranks the 50 fastest growing technology companies headquartered in Los Angeles, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Santa Barbara counties. Rising Star rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over the three-year period from 2002 to 2004.

"Boingo's success in riding the wave of increased demand for wireless services comes from using technology to simplify the life of the Wi-Fi user on the go," said David Hagan, president and CEO, Boingo. "I congratulate the entire Boingo Wireless family, from our local employees to our global partners, for contributing to the company's fast growth which has earned us this outstanding recognition from Deloitte."

"As one of the world's most visible wireless service brands and a highly respected international business partner, Boingo demonstrates the strength and vision necessary to succeed in today's competitive global technology market," said Tim Lovoy, partner, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Deloitte & Touche LLP. "Boingo has rapidly proven to be a success story and Deloitte applauds their vision and dedication to delivering technology solutions that change the way we live and work."

To qualify for the Technology Fast 50 Rising Star program, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2002 and $1,000,000 in 2004, must be public or private companies headquartered in North America, and be a "technology company," defined as a company that owns proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues; or devotes a significant proportion of revenues to the research and development of technology. Using other companies' technology in a unique way does not qualify.

Rising Star winners are automatically entered in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 Rising Star category. Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 program ranks North America's top 500 fastest growing technology companies based on percentage revenue growth over five years (2000–2004). Its Rising Star ranking is based on percentage revenue growth over three years (2002–2004). For more information on Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 or Technology Fast 500 programs, visit www.fast500.com.

Boingo gives business travelers the best choice of Wi-Fi hot spots by combining more than 20,000 locations from 100 leading Wi-Fi operators into one worldwide network and allowing users to roam onto any of these locations with a single subscription using Boingo's Wi-Fi client software.

Boingo also partners with service providers to allow their users to access these hot spots through the Boingo Platform Services program. The program is designed as a turnkey solution to allow partners to offer their own Wi-Fi service quickly and cost effectively by providing customized client software, and a full suite of back-office billing, roaming, mediation and clearinghouse services. To date, the company has announced Platform Services partnerships with BT Infonet, Earthlink, Fiberlink, Nextel Communications, MCI, Skype and Telecom Italia.

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About Boingo Wireless
Boingo Wireless, Inc. is an ultra-high-speed wireless Internet service available in thousands of locations such as hotels, airports, cafes and other public places in dozens of countries throughout the world. Both directly and through major carrier and ISP partners, Boingo provides business travelers with a wireless broadband Internet connection to improve productivity while on the road. Through its Wi-Fi software and Roaming System, Boingo makes finding and connecting to Wi-Fi networks point-and-click simple and secure. More information about Boingo is available at http://www.boingo.com.

Boingo is a registered trademark of Boingo Wireless Inc.

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