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Roaming agreement adds 3,400 hotspots in restaurants, bookstores and business services centers to Boingo® Roaming System SANTA MONICA, Calif. - - June 22, 2005 - Boingo Wireless, a leading Wi-Fi service provider for business travelers, today announced its customers now have access to an additional 3,400 Wi-Fi hotspots in the SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE: SBC) FreedomLink network. The agreement with SBC adds highly trafficked locations, including airports nationwide, Barnes and Noble bookstores, Caribou Coffee and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf locations, The UPS Store ® and Mail Box Etc.® business services centers and numerous business hotels, among other major locations. With these additions, business travelers can now use their Boingo account to access 18,000 Wi-Fi hotspots worldwide. “The traveling business user wants Wi-Fi everywhere they go to do work, and adding SBC FreedomLink locations to the Boingo network dramatically expands our network footprint with high-profile locations to help us provide wireless services where our customers need them,” said Colby Goff, vice president of network strategy for Boingo. “Working with Boingo gives SBC a great opportunity to boost the traffic level on our network and provide the revenue resources to grow the network and offer great services to our customers,” said Dennis Whiteside, associate vice president, SBC FreedomLink and broadband infrastructure. SBC FreedomLink network, one of the nation’s largest Wi-Fi networks, delivers Wi-Fi connectivity at more than 8,000 locations nationwide. SBC Wi-Fi service is available in premier locations including select McDonald’s restaurants, Barnes & Noble bookstores, The UPS Store ® and Mail Boxes Etc. ®, coffee shops such as Caribou Coffee and The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Avis rental car locations, airports, hotels, convention centers, restaurants, state parks, rest stops and welcome centers. Boingo gives business travelers the best choice of Wi-Fi hotspots by combining the locations of 95 leading Wi-Fi operators into one worldwide network, and allowing the user to roam onto any of these locations with a single subscription using Boingo's free Wi-Fi client software. About SBC SBC Communications Inc. is a Fortune 50 company whose subsidiaries, operating under the SBC brand, provide a full range of voice, data, networking, e-business, directory publishing and advertising, and related services to businesses, consumers and other telecommunications providers. SBC holds a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which serves 50.4 million wireless customers. SBC companies provide high-speed DSL Internet access lines to more American consumers than any other provider and are among the nation's leading providers of Internet services. SBC companies also offer satellite TV service. Additional information about SBC and SBC products and services is available at www.sbc.com. SBC FreedomLinkSM public wireless high-speed Internet access service is provided by SBC Internet Services. Connections available at FreedomLink Hot Spots and partnering locations. An 802.11 b/g enabled device is required for Wi-Fi access. Service not available in all areas. SBC Internet Services reserves the right to suspend any connection. Offer and pricing subject to change without notice. Applicable taxes, assessments, roaming and other fees and charges are additional. SBC Internet Services is not liable for any lack of security that may result from your use of the service on your device. Other restrictions apply. SBC, the SBC logo, FreedomLink , the FreedomLink logo, and other product names are trademarks of SBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P. All other brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. © 2005 SBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P. All rights reserved. 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. « back to Press Releases | ||||||
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