Newport, Minnesota Woman Upgrades Her Life with Boingo

With Boingo’s Contest, Woman Wins $15,000 to Upgrade Her Flights for the Year

LOS ANGELES and NEWPORT, MINNESOTA – April 8^th, 2009 – Boingo Wireless, which provides access to the largest network of Wi-Fi hotspots worldwide, announces that Tanya Marie Arts of Newport, Minn. won Boingo’s “Upgrade Your Life,” contest.

From the more than 2,250,000 entries, Arts won the grand prize of a monthly first class airline ticket for one year, awarded as a check for $15,000. Cecil Young of Angier, North Carolina won a two-night stay in a hotel suite, awarded as a check for $1,500. Port Charlotte, Fla. Resident Lynette Smith won three hours of limousine service, awarded as a check for $1,000.

“Many of Boingo’s customers are road warriors, and our goal is to help make their life on the road a little easier – by keeping them connected whether they’re around the corner or around the world,” said Dawn Callahan, vice president of marketing, Boingo Wireless. “We upgrade people to easy and fast Wi-Fi, and the contest was another way to help “upgrade their lives” on the road.”

Arts said that she was “shocked and speechless” when she received notification that she’d won and didn’t fully believe it until she received the check. “I’m still shocked,” she said.

“I’m not sure what trip I am going to take, thanks to Boingo. But, my 10-year old son really wants to go to China, so we might upgrade our life with that trip next year,” noted Arts. “And, the great thing about China, is that I will be able to logon with Boingo throughout the country, and upload pictures and videos to share with the family.”

Arts noted that she will also likely put a little bit away for her son’s college education, but “is still in disbelief over winning the contest!”

“Upgrade Your Life" was open to all Boingo users, and ran from June 1 through November 30, 2008. It was the first large-scale contest by Boingo to offer a travel-oriented upgrade prize for its customers. People were automatically entered into the contest when logging into the Boingo network, signing up for a new account, or by mailing in a postcard.

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.

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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