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SANTA MONICA, Calif. and Paris - February 23, 2004 - All Telecom is focused on providing wired and wireless Internet connectivity to the hospitality industry in Western Europe. To date, the company has more than 150 hot spot locations in France and Belgium including several major hotel chains. The company will expand into Italy and Spain during 2004 and expects its network to grow to 1,500 locations by the end of 2004. Boingo, the leading Wi-Fi network aggregator with more than 6,000 locations worldwide, and has been aggressively expanding its Boingo Roaming System in Europe, with more than 3,000 hot spot locations under contract in Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, and the U.K. The network is a key part of Boingo’s Platform Services offering, a turnkey Wi-Fi service for service providers that also includes award-winning client software and a complete suite of back-office billing, roaming, mediation and clearing house services. Current announced Platform Services partners include Telecom Italia, MCI, Infonet Services, EarthLink and Fiberlink. “Through our agreement with Boingo, we expect to access more mature Wi-Fi users and significantly increase our wireless network usage. This partnership is also strategic for our hotel partners who focus on increasing loyalty with business travelers through appropriate services, and Wi-Fi connectivity is clearly becoming an inescapable need for business travellers worldwide,” said Ségolène Chambrier, All Telecom president and founder. “Boingo envisions a network throughout Europe that will allow business travelers to log in at any convenient location regardless of the country or the network operator, and we are building this network through agreements with leading European companies like All Telecom,” said David Hagan, Boingo president and chief operating officer. About About All Telecom All Telecom is a leading provider of fixed and wireless broadband connectivity for the Western European hospitality industry. Created in January 2000, All Telecom already counts 1,400 customers and 150 hot spots. The company’s service includes wired Ethernet connectivity in hotel guestrooms and meeting rooms, and wireless connectivity in meeting rooms and hotel public areas. With the financial support of major investors and through a highly value-added strategy based on applications and content, the company expects to deploy a 1,500-hot spot commercial network by the end of year 2004. « back to Press Releases |
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