10/12/2010 [Boingo Wireless, Inc.] Boingo Adds More Wi-Fi Roaming in Madrid Via GOWEX - Portfolio

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[10/12/2010]

Boingo Adds More Wi-Fi Roaming in Madrid Via GOWEX

Agreement Includes 120 Newsstands,
As Well As 25 Wi-Fi Cities Currently Being Deployed

Los Angeles—October 12th, 2010—Boingo Wireless, the Wi-Fi industry's leading worldwide service provider, and GOWEX, Europe's leading mobile internet specialist and creator of “WiFi Cities,” today announced a roaming agreement, giving Boingo customers on laptops and handhelds access to over 120 Wi-Fi newsstand kiosks in Madrid, as well as all 25 “Wi-Fi Cities” currently being deployed across Spain.

The news kiosks are strategically located within the city and provide broad coverage of the main areas in Madrid. The Wi-Fi Cities will come online gradually through 2011, with Boingo customers gaining access as they go live.

GOWEX also plans to expand coverage to public transportation fleets, starting with 2,200 buses in Madrid. As part of the agreement, all GOWEX Wi-Fi locations will be accessible to Boingo customers as soon as they are deployed.

“Boingo customers will encounter a Wi-Fi newsstand kiosk on almost every major street corner in Madrid,” said Dave Hagan, president and CEO for Boingo Wireless. “Thanks to GOWEX's Wi-Fi initiative, Boingo laptop and mobile users will have no trouble finding an Internet connection as they traverse Spain's largest city.”

“GOWEX understands that we're in an era of always-on connectivity,” said Jenaro Garcia, Chairman and CEO for GOWEX. “As we continue to Wi-Fi enable cities throughout Europe and the rest of the world, we welcome Boingo customers to connect with us.”

“As a part-time resident of Madrid, this agreement is especially exciting to me,” said Luis Serrano, vice president of network strategy for Boingo. “The GOWEX network is nearly ubiquitous in key parts of the city, and this will make it super simple for Boingo customers traveling through Madrid to get online with their laptops or smartphones.”

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 125,000 hotspots worldwide. With a single account, Boingo users can log on to Boingo Network locations that include the top airports around the world, major hotel chains, cafes and coffee shops, restaurants, convention centers and metropolitan hot zones. Boingo, and its Concourse Communications Group subsidiary, operate wired and wireless networks at 58 airports worldwide that cover 42% of North American enplanements and 60% of United Kingdom enplanements, as well as the Ferries Division Wi-Fi network of the Washington State DOT and large scale venues such as commercial exhibit halls and major sporting arenas. For more information about Boingo, please visit http://www.boingo.com/

Boingo, Boingo Wireless, 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.

About GOWEX

GOWEX Group is a Spanish company, founded in 1999, which operates in the technology sector, Internet mobility and telecommunications, where it occupies a unique position as neutral operator service provider of infrastructure and interconnection of operators. Today it is dedicated to two main areas of activity:

– GOWEX wireless (the main driver of growth), which provides services related to wireless telecommunications consultancy, management and operation of WiFi networks, wireless roaming platform and geo located advertising operations on wireless networks.

– GOWEX Telecom (traditional business), focused on B2B products and telecommunications services (bandwidth, data transmission circuits, virtual private networks, etc...), through its trading platform.

GOWEX has received the National Award for Innovation in Spain and is vice president of e-Mobility, European private entity that decides standards on mobile communications technology.

Also GOWEX is a member of the Executive Committee of the ITU, an international agency of the United Nations overseeing the technological development of developing countries and the Third World. It is the only Spanish SME that has the OSEO ANVAR certification. It has created REDSINFRONTERAS.ORG Foundation that promotes the use of technologies and Internet access to disadvantaged groups and geographical areas.