iPass Exceeds 35,000 Live Wi-Fi Venues
12/12/2005 8:01:48 AM
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Dec 12, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Making it easier for mobile workers to gain broadband access in major worldwide markets, iPass Inc. (IPAS) announced today that the company exceeded 35,000 live Wi-Fi venues in the company's Global Broadband Roaming network, surpassing its own commitment for 2005 by more than 5,000 venues. iPass continues to offer the industry's largest Wi-Fi footprint to the enterprise market accessible through a single universal client and a single set of usernames and passwords.
"Businesses realize that to maximize productivity, employees need convenient, high speed connectivity wherever they are working," said Ken Denman, CEO of iPass. "Providing the largest Wi-Fi network is of course important to iPass, but it is critical to our customers that our Wi-Fi venues are relevant to their daily business lives. iPass customers appreciate our strategy of growing our virtual network into heavily traveled airports, business traveler hotels in major markets and other important venues -- even aboard long haul flights -- that helps employees stay connected, productive and competitive. Quality of venues available increasingly is the competitive differentiator and we believe we are delivering the highest quality and most important commercial venues to the enterprise user."
The iPass virtual network delivers Wi-Fi access in 57 countries and includes some of the most important worldwide venues for the business traveler. Through Connexion by Boeing, iPass offers its customer services on international flights. The Connexion by Boeing service is available today on more than 130 daily flights offered by Lufthansa, SAS, Japan Airlines, ANA, Singapore Airlines, China Airlines, Korean Air, Asiana Airlines and El Al Israel Airlines. iPass provides Wi-Fi services to passengers at more than 240 airports including 64 of the world's largest 100 airports (as measured by passenger volume) such as Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport (ATL), London Heathrow Airport (LHR) and Haneda International Airport in Tokyo (HND). There are more than 5,000 hotels with iPass Wi-Fi service including hotels in the Marriott, Hyatt and Radisson chains.
To grow the iPass Global Broadband Roaming Wi-Fi footprint beyond 35,000 venues, iPass has integrated more than 70 disparate Wi-Fi hotspot providers -- including recognized leaders such as T-Mobile Hotspot in the United States, BT OpenZone in the United Kingdom and China Telecom in China -- into a single virtual network.
During the second half of 2005, iPass added a substantial number of hotspots from new network integrations. In November, iPass added approximately 9,600 KT hotspots in South Korea, including Inchon International Airport (ICN), and more than 2,500 hotspots from Japan Telecom. iPass also integrated major airport venues during 2005 including Schipol Airport in Amsterdam (AMS), Hong Kong International (HKG), Chicago O'Hare (ORD), Los Angels International (LAX) and Boston Logan (BOS).
About iPass Inc.
iPass Inc. delivers simple and manageable enterprise mobility services that help maximize the productivity of workers as they move between office, home and remote locations. iPass security services -- based on unique Policy Orchestration capabilities -- work to close the gaps in protecting computers, network assets, user identities and data whenever users connect over the Internet. iPass connectivity services utilize the iPass global virtual network, a unified network of hundreds of dial-up, wireless and broadband providers in over 160 countries. iPass services are the choice of hundreds of Global 2000 corporations including General Motors, Hershey Foods and Mellon Financial. Founded in 1996, iPass is headquartered in Redwood Shores, Calif., with offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information visit www.ipass.com.
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