Boingo Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIFI), the Wi-Fi industry’s leading
provider of software and services worldwide, has launched managed Wi-Fi
services in the Malpensa (MXP) and Linate (LIN) airports in Milan,
Italy, as part of an agreement with Societa per Azioni Esercizi
Aeroportuali (SEA).
"Milan is the business and financial hub of Italy, making this a perfect
entry point for Boingo,” said Bjorn Thorngren, director of business
development in EMEA for Boingo Wireless. "With more than 27 million
passengers per year between them, there is a considerable audience for
Boingo’s global access services that extend beyond the airports to more
than 325,000 hotspots around the world.”
As part of the agreement, Boingo will broadcast its "Boingo Hotspot”
SSID and fully manage the end user experience through walled garden
sales pages and gateway hardware. The network will also be available to
Boingo’s roaming partners iPass, KT, NTT Communications, Optimus, Orange
France, Skype, Sprint, Swisscom, Telefonica, TeliaSonera, and Verizon as
part of Boingo’s neutral host approach to managing Wi-Fi hotpsots.
Travelers in the two airports will be able to choose from three Boingo
access plans: Boingo Europe Plus, providing unlimited access throughout
Europe for €27.95 per month; Boingo Global, providing flat rate access
anywhere in the world for €49 per month; and Boingo AsYouGo, providing a
24-hour day pass at the airport for €10.95.
This brings the total number of airport Wi-Fi networks under management
to 60, including top 25 airports Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta, Chicago
O’Hare, London Heathrow, New York John F. Kennedy, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi,
and Houston George Bush Intercontinental, as well as other European
airports such as London Gatwick, London Stansted, Edinburgh, Glasgow,
Southampton, Aberdeen and Zurich.
About Boingo Wireless
Boingo Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIFI), the world’s leading Wi-Fi software
and services provider, makes it easy, convenient and cost-effective for
people to enjoy Wi-Fi access on their laptop or mobile device at more
than 325,000 hotspots worldwide. With a single account, Boingo users can
access the mobile Internet via Boingo Network locations that include the
top airports around the world, major hotel chains, cafés and coffee
shops, restaurants, convention centers and metropolitan hot zones.
Boingo and its Concourse Communications Group subsidiary operate wired
and wireless networks at large-scale venues worldwide such as airports,
major sporting arenas, malls, and convention centers, as well as quick
serve restaurants. For more information about Boingo, please visit http://www.boingo.com.
Boingo, Boingo Wireless, the Boingo Wireless Logo and Don’t Just Go.
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owners.
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