Boingo Roams with KT Adding 14,000 Wi-Fi Hotspots in Korea to Boingo Network

Boingo grows to 45,000 hotspots worldwide, with 17,000 locations in Asia

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – May 9^th, 2006 – Boingo Wireless today announced a roaming agreement with KT, the largest service provider in South Korea, that will add 14,000 hotspots to Boingo’s global Wi-Fi network. The agreement marks Boingo’s entry into the South Korean market and increases its worldwide hotspot total to more than 45,000 locations.

KT is one of the world’s largest hotspot operators and is a founding member of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA). Key locations in KT’s NESPOT wireless network include Seoul’s Incheon International Airport and Gimpo Airport, the country’s largest domestic terminal. Across the country, hotspots are located in restaurants, cafes, hotels, bus terminals, train stations, convention centers and other convenient locations. These include Hilton and Intercontinental hotels; Hard Rock Café, House of Blues, McDonald’s and Lotteria restaurants.

KT’s success with Wi-Fi builds on its aggressive rollout of broadband Internet services, which has helped South Korea become one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world. KT has more than 500,000 subscribers to its Wi-Fi services.

“The prevalence of Wi-Fi throughout Korea makes it very convenient to be productive when traveling here and that is thanks to KT’s commitment to deploying a high-performance, secure network,” said Allen Pan, Boingo director of network strategy for Asia-Pacific. “Adding the KT network to Boingo’s Wi-Fi service makes life much easier for the Boingo customer traveling in Korea.”

“We have a mandate from our customers to make the Internet accessible to them anytime and anywhere — because they have come to rely on it for much of the information they need in daily life,” said HyunTae Jang, director, mobile service department of KT. “Our strategy is to make this network as widely available as possible, with strong commitments to roaming and to working with industry leaders like Boingo.”

With the addition of KT’s hotspots, the Boingo® Roaming System now includes more than 17,000 locations throughout Asia.

45,581 Reasons to Use Boingo
Boingo gives business travelers the best choice of Wi-Fi hotspots by combining over 45,000 locations from more than 130 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 client software, which combines more than 450 network names into one "Boingo Wireless" network to simplify identifying and connecting to commercial Wi-Fi networks.

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, Nextel Communications, MCI, and Telecom Italia.

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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