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Premier Wi-Fi Service for Business Travelers now Available at 10th Largest Airport in US SANTA MONICA, Calif. - June 10, 2003 - Boingo Wireless™ announced today the availability of its Wi-Fi wireless Internet access service at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport (MSP). This extends the largest aggregated hotspot network to almost 90,000 travelers a day who pass through America’s 10th largest airport. Boingo Wireless service covers most of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport, including concourses C, D, E, F and G, the main concessions area, the conference center and several airline “club” lounges. Boingo™ is the leading Wi-Fi service provider for business travelers. Its wireless Internet access service is based on the popular 802.11b Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) standard that provides speeds of up to 11 megabits per second, over 100 times faster than 56k dial-up service. Boingo’s 1,300-plus location network consists of many major airports, including Los Angeles International Airport, LaGuardia International Airport, Baltimore-Washington International Airport, and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The network also includes many hotels, cafes and other hot-spot locations worldwide. Today, a business traveler can stay in a Boingo hotel in 100% of the top 20 U.S. metropolitan markets, 86% of the top 50 markets, and 67% of the top 75 markets. The company also offers Boingo Software; a tool for finding and connecting to Wi-Fi networks quickly and securely. Boingo Software is a free download from Boingo’s website (www.boingo.com) and features a “sniffer” that locates Wi-Fi hotspots, a profile editor for one-click access at favorite hotspot locations (work, home, etc.), and a personal virtual private network (VPN) encryption function to secure wireless connections. The software is available for Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP and PocketPC. “Since business travelers are our primary end-user customer, airports are among the highest use locations in our network. The addition of the 10th largest airport is a boon to our customers who travel through this major hub,” said Dave Hagan, Boingo president. “The addition of MSP airport is also important to our telecom and Internet service provider partners who use the Boingo Platform Services program to develop their Wi-Fi service or augment their own hot-spot network.” In addition to providing service to business travelers, Boingo makes its industry-leading client software and Wi-Fi network available to major carriers and ISPs through Boingo Platform Services. The private-label Boingo Platform Services packages back-office infrastructure for roaming, billing and technical support together with Boingo’s client software and its 1,300-location worldwide network to allow a carrier to deliver Wi-Fi services to its customers quickly under its own brand. Current Boingo Platform Services customers include EarthLink and Fiberlink Communications. About Boingo Wireless Boingo Wireless, Inc. is an ultra-high-speed wireless Internet service available in over 1,300 locations such as hotels, airports, cafes, and other public places. Both directly and through major ISP and carrier partners, Boingo provides business travelers with a wireless broadband Internet connection to improve productivity while on the road. Through its free Wi-Fi software, Boingo makes finding and connecting to Wi-Fi networks point-and-click simple and secure. EarthLink founder and chairman Sky Dayton founded Boingo in 2001 and serves as its CEO. More information about Boingo is available at http://www.boingo.com. « back to Press Releases | ||||||
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