BOINGO WIRELESS ROAMS WITH METEOR NETWORKS;
ADDS 400 PARISIAN HOT SPOTS TO ROAMING SYSTEM
Locations in independent hotels, cafes, bus stations as well as
McDonald's restaurants and Best Western hotels join worldwide roaming network
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - November 2, 2004 - Boingo Wireless today announced a roaming partnership with Paris-based METEOR Networks that will add the company's fast-growing network of more than 400 Wi-Fi hot spots throughout the French capital and surrounding cities to the Boingo Roaming System.
METEOR Networks is the first independent Wi-Fi operator in France and has built a network of hot spots at hotels, cafes, bus stations, stores and public places throughout the Paris metropolitan area. The company has signed agreements with the Paris mass transit agency (RATP), with McDonald's restaurants, with Best Western hotels, and with other leading local establishments. The company plans to have 750 hot spots installed by the end of the year.
The Boingo Roaming System is a network of 11,000 Wi-Fi hot spots worldwide with 5,600 locations in Europe.
"Paris is a quickly becoming 'unwired' with Wi-Fi services in hotels, restaurants and other high traffic areas and METEOR is a big reason why, " said Colby Goff, Boingo vice president of network strategy and business development. "Teaming up with the large network that METEOR has built gives us a good head start on providing ubiquitous coverage in one of the most important commercial centers in Europe."
"METEOR Networks has built its service with the goal of optimizing our customers' time by allowing them to conveniently be connected during the course of the business day," said Francois Hry, METEOR Networks business development manager. "With Boingo as a roaming partner we are able to provide this capability to a much larger subscriber base."
Through its Platform Services offering, Boingo provides service providers with a turnkey Wi-Fi service, including the network, award-winning client access software, and a complete suite of back-office billing, roaming, mediation and clearinghouse services. To date, the company has announced Platform Services agreements with EarthLink, Fiberlink, Infonet Services Corp., MCI and Telecom Italia.
About METEOR Networks
METEOR Networks, the first independent Wi-Fi operator in France, both installs networks and also markets Wi-Fi services under its own brand name or through its roaming agreements with partners. Since its founding, the company has welcomed the leading international roaming system along with seven European telecommunications network companies bringing thousands of new users. The company's flexible payment plans allow customers to pay by credit card, pre-paid card, or via their mobile phone number or SMS payment.
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.
