Airpath Wireless Signs Roaming Agreement in Asia

February 09, 2004 -- Toledo, Ohio; Hong Kong /Wi-Fi Technology News/- Airpath Wireless, a global pioneer in management systems for wireless Hotspot provision, has signed a roaming agreement with PCCW, one of Hong Kong's leading integrated communications companies. The bilateral agreement makes PCCW a new roaming partner for Airpath in Hong Kong and adds about 200 Hotspots to Airpath's already impressive list of roaming locations.

Roaming service will become available when PCCW has the proper infrastructure live and in place; PCCW expects the infrastructure to be operational by the end of this quarter. The agreement was settled by ComSpire, who is a referral partner for Airpath as well as an IT service provider.

Under the agreement, providers within the Airpath Provider Alliance (APA) will be able to let their customers roam onto any of PCCW's 200 Hotspots in Hong Kong, extending the Airpath Provider Alliance coverage footprint into the Asia Pacific region. In addition, PCCW Hotspot customers will be able to roam onto Airpath Provider Alliance hotspots in the United States and all over the world.

Todd Myers, Chief Executive Officer for Airpath Wireless, is "very excited about the prospect of extending our roaming capabilities with PCCW. Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific Region are a technological hotbed, and we are happy to increase the Airpath Provider Alliance footprint by adding PCCW's Hotspots to our roaming network."

Myers also adds that "opening up our network for roaming between the two companies is crucial in giving Wi-Fi users global mobility. Airpath benefits by establishing roaming capabilities in Hong Kong. PCCW benefits by bringing in users from all over the globe as well as giving their end-users the ability to roam onto any of the APA Hotspots worldwide. It's definitely a step in the right direction."

David Wong, ComSpire's General Manager, had the following to say about the agreement. "We are very happy to facilitate a business partnership between two such important companies in the Wi-Fi industry. This bilateral roaming agreement will be great for both companies as well as for Wi-Fi in Asia Pacific and around the world."

About Airpath Wireless, Inc.
Airpath Wireless is a global leader in the Wi-Fi Hotspot Industry. WiBOSSTM, Airpath's carrier-grade Wi-Fi Public Access Management Platform, enables telecom, cable, mobile, and other service providers to capitalize on the booming Wi-Fi industry while maintaining complete branding control. WiBOSSTM simplifies deployment, operation, and management of Hotspots with powerful features such as automated end-user AAA, e-commerce, billing and provisioning. WiBOSSTM also allows providers to manage their entire Hotspot network from a centralized web-interface and interoperates with the leading Hotspot hardware manufacturers. WiBOSSTM even provides support for both the "pay-per-use" and "free wireless" business models. The fully integrated Airpath Roaming Engine gives providers Instant Wi-Fi footprint and user-base through the Airpath Provider Alliance. With over 1800 Hotspots in 12 countries, the Airpath Provider Alliance is the global standard for ubiquitous Wi-Fi roaming. Additional information is available at http://www.airpath.com.

About ComSpire
ComSpire Technologies offers its customers telecom solutions with the objective to maximize their recurring revenue while minimizing their day-to-day support costs. Our competencies range from consultancy to solutions design, analysis and implementation support to channel partners and end-users with high-quality technical support.

ComSpire Technologies' range of IT solutions is serving customers in a variety of industries, such as Communications and IT Services, Finance and Investment, Retail and Wholesale, Manufacturing and Production and others. The company's customers range from the telecom and service provider sector to small and multinational businesses - PCCW, China Telecom, China Netcom, China United Communications, Telstra, NTT-ME and Singapore Telecom, to name just a few.

ComSpire Technologies is a regional company based in Hong Kong and has offices in strategic locations in Asia Pacific including Australia, China, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore.