Stay Connected Across Switzerland with Boingo

With Swisscom, Boingo Adds More than 1,100 Hot Spots

LOS ANGELES – September 16^th, 2008 – Boingo Wireless, the global market leader in Wi-Fi, announces the addition of Swisscom hotspots to the Boingo® Roaming Network. With the addition of more than 1,100 hotspots, Boingo members can now enjoy broadband connections in business hotspots - airports, train stations and hotels while traveling throughout Switzerland.

With the new hotspots from Swisscom, Boingo’s aggregated network in Switzerland now includes almost all airports including those located at Zurich, Geneva, Lugano, Bern-Belp, Engadin and Sion as well as almost all RailCities and Railway train stations, more than 575 hotels, including such chains as Best Western, ArabellSheraton, Mövenpick, Seehotel, Ramada and Sorell and such popular restaurants such as Coop Restaurants and Starbucks.

“With the importance of Switzerland for business travelers – and the appeal of the country for adventurers – the addition of Swisscom hotspots to Boingo’s network brings new hotspots to our members as they travel Switzerland,” said Luis Serrano, vice president of network strategy for Boingo Wireless. “No matter where or how you travel in Switzerland, Europe or the world, Boingo keeps you connected to high-speed networks.”

“Swisscom is committed to bringing an excellent user experience to its customers and partners by providing Internet access no matter where you are in Switzerland” said Tommy Bertling, Senior Product Manager, Swisscom. “The partnership with Boingo enables subscribers to use the Boingo WiFi offering at Swisscom hotspots when travelling in Switzerland.”

Boingo gives business travelers the best choice of Wi-Fi hotspots by combining more than 100,000 locations from more than 150 leading Wi-Fi operators into one worldwide network spanning 90 countries. Boingo subscribers can connect to any of these locations with a single Boingo account using GoBoingo, Boingo’s free Wi-Fi client software, which recognizes more than 660 network names as Boingo-accessible hotspots, and stores the user name and password to simplify identifying and connecting to commercial Wi-Fi networks.

About Boingo Wireless

Boingo Wireless, Inc. is the global market leader in Wi-Fi. Boingo makes it easy for consumers to enjoy Wi-Fi access on their laptop or mobile device at more than hotspots worldwide – including airports, hotels, cafes and metropolitan hot zones – with a single account. Through its Concourse Communications Group, LLC subsidiary, Boingo operates wired and wireless networks at 23 of the top 100 North American airports. More information about Boingo and Concourse is available at http://www.boingo.com and http://www.concoursecommunications.com.

About Swisscom

Swisscom is Switzerland’s leading telecoms provider, with over 5 million mobile customers and around 5.3 million fixed-lines (including more than 1.6 million broadband connections). Alongside the traditional product and service offerings in the area of telecommunications, Swisscom has a strategic focus on the distribution of video content, currently with, for example, Bluewin TV and Bluewin TV mobile.

Related links:
http://www.swisscom.ch
http://www.pwlan.ch

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