Wayport reaches Strategic Wi-Fi Roaming Agreement With Cingular Wireless
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Wayport reaches Strategic Wi-Fi Roaming Agreement With Cingular Wireless
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana -/18 March, 2005 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- Wayport, America's largest provider of Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) wireless and wired high-speed Internet access to mobile travelers in nearly 7,000 locations, announced that it has reached a strategic Wi-Fi roaming agreement with Cingular, America's largest wireless carrier.
The agreement will enable Cingular customers to access select Wayport neutral-host high-speed Wi-Fi network hot spots in hundreds of hotels and airports.
"The addition of Cingular to our growing list of strategic roaming partners further strengthens the commitment we have made to our neutral-host strategy," said Dave Vucina, CEO of Wayport. "By opening up our network to key industry players such as Cingular, Wayport continues to drive the maximum number of customers to our partner locations."
Subscribers of Cingular's Wi-Fi Access will be able to use Wayport's Wi-Fi service in hotel common areas and at airport terminals and gates. Wayport's current and future partner locations will benefit from the additional customers and the marketing power of what is now the nation's largest wireless carrier. With this agreement, Cingular will offer seamless access and simplified processes for connectivity and billing as part of the bundled features that will meet the productivity needs of their mobile subscribers.
"This alliance with Wayport allows us to complement our national EDGE high-speed data network by offering fast broadband access in hotels and airports through WiFi roaming agreements with companies like Wayport, " said Abhi Ingle, of Cingular's Business Markets Group.
About Wayport, Inc.
Wayport is the nation's largest provider of high-speed Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) wireless and wired Internet access for mobile broadband customers in nearly 7,000 locations, including more than 700 major hotels; Wi-Fi wireless Internet access in 6 major airports: Dallas-Fort Worth, Seattle-Tacoma, San Jose, Austin-Bergstrom, Oakland, Buffalo Niagara; 16 Laptop Lane airport business centers; McDonald's and Hertz locations; and other retail brands nationwide. To learn more, please visit http://www.wayport.net
About Cingular Wireless
Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving more than 49 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture between SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE: SBC) and BellSouth Corporation (NYSE: BLS), has the largest digital voice and data network in the nation and the largest mobile-to-mobile community of any national wireless carrier. Cingular is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer Rollover(SM), the wireless plan that lets customers keep their unused monthly minutes. Details of the company are available at http://www.cingular.com
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