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 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- 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.

Under the agreement, Boingo subscribers on commercial airliners will be able to wirelessly access the Internet in flight, in addition to roaming on any of the more than 13,000 Wi-Fi hotspots worldwide that are part of the Boingo Roaming System.

"This unprecedented expansion of our intercontinental footprint makes the mobile office complete for airline customers," said Colby Goff, vice president of network strategy for Boingo. "Working with Connexion by Boeing provides the ultimate in-flight convenience and productivity for our subscribers, allowing them to be efficient and effective at all times during their travels."

Once the two networks are integrated, the, Boingo Roaming System service will be offered on aircraft equipped with the Connexion by Boeing service. Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), Japan Airlines, and ANA are currently offering the service to their passengers. Singapore Airlines, China Airlines, Korean Air and Asiana have also indicated their plans to begin offering the service to their passengers later this year. Subscribers on these flights will be the world's first airborne passengers to enjoy the benefits of Boingo's wireless in-flight roaming.

?This agreement is significant because the Connexion by Boeing service is now open to customers from a variety of global telecommunications carriers who use the Boingo Roaming System, making our connectivity capability available to a broader range of travelers, while also building additional network traffic,? said David Friedman, vice president of marketing and direct sales for Connexion by Boeing. ?Through this and other agreements we are putting in place, the enterprise user has increased options for how to connect to the things that are important to them while mobile.?

Connexion by Boeing is a mobile information services provider that makes the full richness of the Internet available during flight. Passengers aboard an equipped aircraft have the real-time ability to connect to their corporate networks, send and receive emails with attachments, access corporate business applications and surf the worldwide web while airborne.

Under Boingo's Platform Services Program, service providers can offer the complete Boingo network - including the Connexion by Boeing connectivity service - to their subscribers. In addition to network access, the Platform Services Program provides service providers with customized client software and a full suite of back-office billing, roaming, mediation and clearinghouse services to allow them to deploy their own cost-effective Wi-Fi service within 90 days. Currently announced Platform Services Partners include Earthlink, Fiberlink, Infonet Services Corp., MCI and Telecom Italia.

Boingo provides subscribers with true Wi-Fi roaming, giving business travelers the best choice of Wi-Fi hotspots by combining the locations of more than 88 leading Wi-Fi operators into one worldwide network, and allowing the user to roam onto any of these locations with a single subscription using Boingo's free Wi-Fi client software.

About Connexion by Boeing

Connexion by Boeing is, for the second year running, the recipient of the World Travel Award for World's Leading High-Speed In-flight Internet Services Provider and recently was named one of the wireless companies to watch in 2005 by IDC wireless services analysts. Through a broadband connection to an equipped aircraft, high-speed Internet, data and entertainment connectivity is delivered directly to travelers in flight. The Connexion by Boeing service is available today on flights offered by Lufthansa, SAS (Scandinavian Airlines), Japan Airlines and ANA. In addition Singapore Airlines, China Airlines, Korean Air and Asiana have announced their intent to install the Connexion by Boeing system on their long-range aircraft. Connexion by Boeing also offers a high-speed connectivity solution for the business aviation and maritime markets. For more information, please visit www.connexionbyboeing.com.

About Boingo Wireless http://www.boingo.com

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.