Telecommunications Industry Restructuring Means Positive Outcomes


AT&T Chairman Says Communications Industry Restructuring Will Heighten Competition, Drive Renewed Investment And Stability

WASHINGTON, D.C. -/29 March, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- The restructuring of the telecommunications industry that is now underway will bring added competition and renewed investment and stability to the sector, AT&T Chairman and CEO David Dorman said during his keynote address at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).

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SBC Deploys Wi-Fi Hotspots At O'Hare International Airport


Avis Rental Car Facility Offers SBC Wi-Fi Access to Mobile Professionals at One of America's Busiest Airports

Chicago, Illinois-/28 March, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC) announced that the SBC FreedomLink Wi-Fi service is available in the Avis rental location at O'Hare International Airport, providing added convenience and increased productivity for millions of travelers to one of the nation's busiest airports. The SBC hotspots at Avis will provide a quiet place for mobile professionals to conduct work online.

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Teleplus Announces new Stores in Quebec and Edmonton Canada




MONTREAL, -/25 March, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- TelePlus Enterprises, Inc. (OTCBB:TLPE), a vertically integrated provider of wireless and landline communications products and services across North America, is pleased to announce the opening of its first stores in Quebec City, Quebec and Edmonton, Alberta.



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Roamware Steers Mobile Operators Towards $50 billion Roaming Market



Brussels, Belgium, -/21 March, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Leading mobile roaming specialist Roamware. Inc. has signed the 30th contract to supply its patent-pending mobile traffic control solution Traffic Redirection™. With the roaming market estimated to be worth $50 billion, operators with Traffic Redirection capability can steer roamers on to preferred or partner networks and win a larger share of that revenue.


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BT Media and Broadcast to develop global Digital Media Hubs



MEDIA AND BROADCAST DIVISION TO DELIVER BT’S STRATEGIC VISION FOR DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGEMENT

-/18 March, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-BT Broadcast Services, which has been supporting the broadcast industry for over 40 years, will lead BT’s global media and broadcast offering in response to the rapidly growing market for digital content. The division today takes on a new name – BT Media and Broadcast (BTM&B) – and integrates BT Rich Media, which develops channels to market for digital content.

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RADIONET, ITACA and HISPASAT Provide Wi-Fi to 540 Schools in Chile




Combination of satellite and wireless broadband brings Internet cost-effectively to remote schools and villages across Chile

Santiago de Chile & Helsinki, Finland, -/25 Feb, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Radionet Ltd, a leading supplier of Wireless Hotzone technology, announced that it will together with its systems integrator partner ITACA Canarias and the satellite communication services provider Hispasat embark on a major initiative to bring wireless broadband internet connections to 540 schools and villages across Chile, from Tierra Del Fuego up to the Andes.


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BoxedWireless Launches Innovative Public WPA Authentication Service



Amsterdam -/21 Feb, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- BoxedWireless today announced the launch of its innovative public WPA Authentication Service. It allows companies to protect their Wireless LAN with WPA, without the need to setup their own Authentication Servers. Instead, Authentication is done over the Internet. Users that are allowed to access the Wireless LAN are managed through an easy-to-use web interface.

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Boingo on Boeing - Subscribers Can get Wi-Fi Internet Access On Boeing Airlines



Business Travelers to Benefit as In-flight Connectivity is Added to the Boingo Roaming System

SANTA MONICA, California and CANNES, France -/17 Feb, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Boingo Wireless announced a roaming agreement with Connexion by Boeing, a business unit of The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA), to enable Boingo® Roaming System subscribers to connect to the Connexion by BoeingSM high-speed, mobile Internet service in flight.

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ROAMING MESSENGER Approved for BlackBerry ISV Alliance Program

Company Delivers Its Innovative Messaging Platform to the BlackBerry Community

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., -/14 Feb, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Roaming Messenger(TM) (OTCBB: RMSG), today announced that the Company has been approved by Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) for inclusion in the BlackBerry® Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Alliance program. This alliance solidifies the Company's commitment to support BlackBerry devices across the Roaming Messenger platform.


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Infitel announces network agnostic value added service platform



Company focuses on linking present and future needs in wireless value added services market



Nieuwegein (The Netherlands), -/11 Feb, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Infitel International N.V., a leading vendor of solutions for value added services for network operators and telecommunications service providers, announces that it has enabled its Application Server platform to support value added services across networks. Network signalling via SS7, OSA (Open Service Acces)/Parlay and SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) is supported to allow running the same value added services on fixed, mobile or (wireless) broadband networks simultaneously.

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