SANTA MONICA, Calif. - - Feb 13, 2006 - Boingo Wireless, the world’s leading Wi-Fi network aggregator, today announced a roaming partnership with KubiWireless, Spain’s leading provider of high-speed wireless Internet access. The agreement marks Boingo’s entry into Spain and provides its users with nearly 250 hot spots in key cities across the country.

The hot spot availability benefits 3GSM World Congress attendees who are in Barcelona this week, and can now conveniently access the Internet via Wi-Fi at the Fira de Barcelona, the city’s convention center, at train stations and other key locations throughout the city.

Also included in the KubiWireless Wi-Fi network are railway stations in Madrid, as well as numerous hotels and restaurants in these and other cities across the country, including Seville, Valencia and Bilbao. The Boingo Roaming System® totals more than 25,000 hot spots worldwide, including more than 14,000 locations throughout Europe.

“Readily available Internet access is essential to the way international business is conducted today. This alliance with KubiWireless underscores Boingo’s commitment to meeting this need with a Europe-wide network that reaches all corners of the continent,” said Luis Serrano, Boingo’s director of network strategy for Europe.

The Boingo agreement is a milestone in KubiWireless' mission to enhance the mobility and productivity of business travelers through a ubiquitous Wi-Fi network. This mission has led the company to be the first to deploy Wi-Fi hot spots and to build out the country’s largest network, while at the same time partnering with domestic and international operators to reach the widest user base possible.

“Our goal is to enhance the mobility and productivity of business travelers, and partnering with Boingo is moving us strongly in that direction,” said Carlos Riopedre, marketing director for KubiWireless. “From now on, Boingo customers and partners traveling in Spain will enjoy the same experience of convenient access they have come to appreciate when using the Boingo Roaming Network elsewhere.”

25,571 Reasons to Use Boingo
Boingo gives business travelers the best choice of Wi-Fi hot spots 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 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 hot spots 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, Sprint, Verizon Business, Skype and Telecom Italia.

About KubiWireless
KubiWireless is Spain's leading operator of high-speed Internet access for business travellers' remote connectivity needs in airports, hotels, exhibition centres, convention centres and similar premises - also known as hotspots - though WLAN or Wi-Fi technology. KubiWireless' network spans over 250 hotspots for business travellers across Spain. Notable hotspots in Kubi's Internet access network include some of the leading hotel chains in Spain (Silken, Abba, Husa, Vincci, Derby Hotels, Rafael Hoteles, Iberostar, etc.), Barcelona's stock exchange building and some of the most prominent 4- and 5-star business hotels in Spain. Kubi also offers wireless Internet access in several Areas restaurants in railway stations, motorways and urban centres. Kubi's network also includes agreements with major international operators - Orange (France), PT Wi-Fi (Portugal), TMobile (Austria), Telia HomeRun (Norway), etc. -, which place KubiWireless as a destination network for clients in Spain. KubiWireless' hotspot network has been tested against the standards of the Intel® Centrino(tm) mobile technology.

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.

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