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BOINGO TO PROVIDE WORLDWIDE WI-FI ACCESS ON SELECT MOTOROLA SMARTPHONES

By jimo
Created Oct 22 2008 - 6:05pm

Boingo Wireless [1], the global market leader in Wi-Fi, announces that Boingo Mobile is available on Motorola's Wi-Fi enabled Motorola MOTO Q 11 smartphone. The newly announced MOTO Q 11 is the first Motorola phone to be bundled with the Boingo Mobile connection software and service.

Boingo Mobile identifies locations that are part of the Boingo Wi-Fi network and automatically connects users with a Boingo Mobile account. Boingo offers the largest network of hotspots worldwide, including more than 500 airports, thousands of hotels, coffee shops, restaurants, cafés and retail locations.

Motorola is the first handset manufacturer to bundle Boingo Mobile on a Wi-Fi enabled smartphone. Across all manufacturers, the Boingo Mobile portfolio of smartphones includes support for the Windows Mobile, Symbian 60, Maemo Linux and UIQ operating systems.

"This relationship between Boingo and Motorola brings together two leaders with a common vision to deliver seamless and affordable media mobility," said Colby Goff, senior vice president of strategy and business development for Boingo Wireless. "Boingo Mobile is the perfect service for on-the-go professionals who want high-speed access to their favorite Internet applications. MOTO Q 11 customers connected to Boingo can count on a great online experience."

For a monthly, flat-fee, Boingo Mobile is a fast and inexpensive connectivity option for multimedia mobile applications such as Web browsing, photo uploads, video streaming and email attachments. Boingo Mobile subscribers enjoy unlimited, global usage for only $7.95, €5.95 or £3.95 per month, with no per-minute or per-megabyte fees, no contracts and no cancellation penalties.

The first month of Boingo Mobile is free for all MOTO Q 11 customers.

About Boingo Mobile

The Boingo Mobile service provides unlimited Internet access to users of Wi-Fi enabled devices that run the Boingo Embedded Wi-Fi Toolkit. Users of those devices can access the Internet in tens of thousands of hotspots in 93 countries around the world. More information about the service is available at http://mobile.boingo.com [2].

About Boingo Wireless

Boingo Wireless, Inc. is the global market leader in Wi-Fi. Boingo makes it easy for consumers to enjoy Wi-Fi access on their laptop or mobile device at more than printCommon('hotspots');100,000+100,000 hotspots worldwide – including airports, hotels, cafes and metropolitan hot zones – with a single account. Through its Concourse Communications Group, LLC subsidiary, Boingo operates wired and wireless networks at 23 of the top 100 North American airports. More information about Boingo and Concourse is available at http://www.boingo.com [3] and http://www.concoursecommunications.com [4].


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