Boingo Leverages Portal Software for Innovative Wireless Broadband Internet Service.Business Editors CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2002 Portal's Infranet Platform Delivers Flexible Billing and Tracking Foundation For Boingo's Ultra-High Speed Wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area Service for Business Travelers Portal Software Portal Software was founded in 1985 as Portal Information Network, one of the first ISPs in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was founded by John Little. The company offered its own interface through modem access that featured Internet email. , Inc. (Nasdaq:PRSF PRSF Presidio of San Francisco (US National Park Service) PRSF Peoples Republic of San Francisco ) today announced that Boingo Wireless Boingo redirects here. For the Hoodwinked character see Boingo (Hoodwinked). For the rock band, see Oingo Boingo. Boingo Wireless is a private American company that provides wireless communication services, specifically Wi-Fi. , Inc. has implemented Infranet(R), Portal's market leading billing solution for mobile service providers. Launched in January, Boingo's nationwide wireless service gives business travelers high-speed Internet See broadband. access through hundreds of "hot spots hot spots acute moist dermatitis. " in major airports and hotels around the country. Boingo makes it easy for users to locate and connect to public and private Wi-Fi networks, a common standard for wireless broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1 Internet access. Boingo selected Portal because the company's Infranet software platform provides flexibility and accuracy in the tracking and billing of new services and customer usage -- important components to support Boingo's business model. The flexibility of the Portal solution enables Boingo to rapidly respond to market dynamics by developing and delivering promotional offers based on the latest customer usage patterns and competitive offerings. "Portal helped us launch Boingo rapidly and offer customers several unique pricing plans -- an important feature in the highly competitive wireless market," said Niels Jonker, vice president, engineering, Boingo Wireless. "Infranet has proved to be a strong platform for reliably managing the complex billing and remittance scenarios inherent to a wireless broadband ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. ." Boingo developed its billing infrastructure with the Infranet solution, which allowed the company to create and support multiple service and pricing models, maximizing appeal of the service at launch. The open API architecture of Infranet simplified integration with the other elements of the Boingo technology environment. "The architecture of our Infranet platform enables Portal to support a wide range of wireless services, including Boingo's innovative reseller model for Wi-Fi services," said Steve Sommer Sommer is a surname, from the German and Danish word for the season "summer". It may refer to:
About Infranet Portal Software's Infranet is a modular, platform-based solution that allows service providers to rapidly develop, price, and provision services while strategically managing customer usage and billing. Infranet offers a scalable, flexible, and highly available architecture, as well as open APIs and integration with industry-leading applications. About Boingo Wireless Boingo Wireless, Inc. is an ultra-high-speed wireless Internet service now available in hundreds of locations across the country, such as hotels, airports, cafes, and other public places. Boingo provides business travelers with a wireless broadband Internet connection to improve productivity while on the road. Through its free Wi-Fi software, Boingo makes finding and connecting to Wi-Fi networks point-and-click simple and secure. EarthLink founder and chairman Sky Dayton founded Boingo in 2001 and serves as its CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . To sign up for Boingo service, or to download Boingo's free Wi-Fi software, visit http://www.boingo.com or call 1-800-U-BOINGO. About Portal Software, Inc. Portal Software develops customer management and billing software for communications and content service providers. Portal's real-time, convergent platform enables its customers to rapidly create, deploy, and bill for services with flexible business models. Portal's software is licensed by a majority of the world's largest communications providers to deliver voice, data, video, and content services across wireless, wireline, cable, and satellite networks. Customers include Vodafone, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner, Deutsche Telekom, NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform , WorldCom, China Telecom, Reuters, Telstra, Sprint, China Mobile, Telenor Mobil, and France Telecom. Infranet is a U.S. registered trademark, and Portal and the Portal logo are trademarks of Portal Software, Inc. All statements made in this press release are made only as of the date set forth at the beginning of this release. Portal undertakes no obligation to update the information in the event facts or circumstances subsequently change. |
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