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Boingo Wireless Wins 'Network Computing' Magazine's Well-Connected Award for Wi-Fi Service SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Boingo Wireless today announced it has won the Well-Connected Award for Wi-Fi Hot Spot Provider from CMP Media LLC's 'Network Computing' Magazine.The award is based on the performance of the Boingo service in a comparison of nine Wi-Fi services vendors that was published in the magazine's May 15, 2003 issue. 'Network Computing' editors gave Boingo high marks for its "impressive number of roaming partners," its worldwide hot spot network and the simplicity of its Wi-Fi client software. The award was presented on May 10, 2004 during a special ceremony as part of the NetWorld+Interop trade show in Las Vegas, NV, and the results printed in the magazine's current issue which is available online at http://www.networkcomputing.com/. "The Well-Connected Awards are the only industry awards given by technologists based on real-world product testing and evaluation. We view all products, technologies and services from the same perspective as our readers -- our peers-do," said Fritz Nelson, VP and Group Publisher of Network Computing Enterprise Architecture Group. "This is an important distinction from any other award program -- the products selected in the Well-Connected Awards are unique because they have been tested over an enterprise by our editors themselves. They are truly innovative solutions that work." Since the review was published, Boingo's network has grown substantially and now includes nearly 7,000 hot spots under contract worldwide and partnerships with 75 roaming partners. Through its Boingo(TM) Platform Services offering, the company leverages this network, its award-winning end-user software and its back-end systems for authentication, roaming, billing, fulfillment and clearinghouse services to provide a turnkey Wi-Fi service offering for telecommunications, Internet and managed services providers. Current Platform Services partners include Earthlink, Fiberlink, Infonet Services Corp., MCI, and Telecom Italia. 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/ . About Network Computing For IT, By IT, Network Computing (http://www.networkcomputing.com/ ), published by CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, N.Y., is dedicated to providing critical analysis of technologies, vendors and products to 220,000 IT Managers and Staff who are accountable for strategic technology purchase decisions. In 2003, Network Computing won a total of four awards from the American Society of Business Publications Editors (ASBPE), including a national award in the Best Technical Article category. CONTACT: David Rodewald +1-805-494-9508 [email protected] Boingo Wireless, Inc. CONTACT: David Rodewald, +1-805-494-9508, or [email protected],for Boingo Wireless Web site: http://www.networkcomputing.com/ Web site: http://www.boingo.com/ |