BOINGO LAUNCHES IN THE YANGTZE DELTA WITH CHINA TELECOM

Boingo customers connect to more than 10,000 locations on China Telecom’s WLAN network in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces and the Municipality of Shanghai

LOS ANGELES – January 13^th, 2009 – Boingo Wireless adds 10,904 China Telecom hotspots to the Boingo® Roaming Network in the Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province and Shanghai; these locations are the first three of the 18 provinces and three municipalities that will be added to the Boingo network. With the addition of these locations, Boingo members can now enjoy broadband connections throughout the Yangtze Delta, including airports, hotels and cafés.

Boingo, the global market leader in Wi-Fi, now includes an aggregated network in the Yangtze Delta that includes popular destinations such as Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou and Hangzhou, as well as hotel chains including the Howard Johnson Hotel group and Holiday Inn and popular restaurants and cafés such as KFC, McDonald’s and Starbucks. Other locations include conference and convention centers.

“With the first phase of the China Telecom launch in the Boingo Network, Boingo users have access to more than 10,000 hotspots in the most popular provinces,” said Allen Pan, director of Asia Pacific business development for Boingo Wireless. “When the full network is launched, Boingo users will have access to close to 20,000 hotspots throughout China, one of our most popular destinations for both business and leisure.”

When a Boingo user is in China and opens up a Web browser in a China Telecom hotspot (SSID: CHINANET), there will be two ways to log-on. The user can login using their Boingo credentials via the China Telecom hotspot Web site, or sign in directly from Boingo’s software client.

China Telecom owns the highest marketshare of fixed and Wireless Broadband customers in China, as well as operating the largest commercial WiFi network in the People’s Republic.

Boingo gives consumers the best choice of Wi-Fi hotspots by combining more than 100,000 locations from 150 leading Wi-Fi operators into a single worldwide network spanning 90 countries

About Boingo Wireless

Boingo Wireless, Inc., the global market leader in Wi-Fi, makes it simple and easy for people to enjoy Wi-Fi access on their laptop or mobile device at more than 100,000 hotspots worldwide. With a single account, Boingo users can logon to the Boingo Network locations that include the top airports around the world, major hotel chains, cafés and coffee shops, restaurants, and metropolitan hot zones. Boingo, and its Concourse Communications Group subsidiary, operate wired and wireless networks at 55 airports worldwide, including 29 of the top 100 North American airports, as well as the WSDOT Ferries Division Wi-Fi network. For more information about Boingo, please visit http://www.boingo.com.

About China Telecom Corporation Limited

China Telecom Corporation Limited is the largest wireline telecommunications and broadband services provider in China, providing telecommunications and information services including voice, data, image and multimedia throughout 21 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions. On 1 October 2008, the Group has commenced the completion of the CDMA business acquisition and launched the mobile services operation. Our H shares and American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the New York Stock Exchange respectively.

Boingo, Boingo Wireless, Boingo Mobile, the Boingo Wireless Logo and Don’t Just Go. Boingo! are registered trademarks of Boingo Wireless, Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

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