Boingo Roams with INNOVE Communications in Philippines.Davao and Mactan international airports and 300 other Wi-Fi locations added to Boingo[R] Roaming System SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif. -- 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., the world's leading wholesale network aggregator and operator of neutral-host Wi-Fi networks, today announced that INNOVE Communications, a Philippine-based telecommunications company See telecom company. and a fully-owned subsidiary of Globe Telecom, has become its newest Wi-Fi roaming partner in Asia. The roaming agreement means Boingo subscribers can use INNOVE's service to access the Internet at more than 300 Wi-Fi hot spots hot spots acute moist dermatitis. across the Philippines that are part of the Wireless Internet Zone A Wi-Fi hotspot that is made available for access to the Internet, typically in a public venue. Anyone with a wireless router is creating a wireless zone (hotspot); however, in a home or office, the hotspot also enables users to connect to resources on the local network such as printers (WiZ) service from GlobeQUEST, the corporate arm of INNOVE. These locations include the Davao International Airport, the Mactan International Airport, several hot spots in the Ayala Malls of Greenbelt and Glorietta within the country's financial capital, the Ayala Entertainment Center in Cebu, the Alabang Town Center, Starbucks, Seattle's Best Coffee Seattle's Best Coffee is a specialty coffee retailer and wholesaler based in Seattle, Washington, USA. It became part of Starbucks Corporation on July 14, 2003. Its international division is owned by FOCUS Brands, Inc. , Coffee Bean coffee bean see sesbania. and Tea Leaf, the Cebu City Sports Club, The Promenade and Greenhills Theatre Mall, the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu, the Marco Polo Hotel in Davao, Holiday Inn Mimosa Pampanga, all the Super Ferry terminals and more. "This agreement is a critical step in our goal to provide a ubiquitous network in the leading business and travel hubs of Asia," said Allen Pan, Boingo director of network strategy for Asia-Pacific. "The Philippines is aggressively developing next-generation wired and wireless network services to support its business growth, and INNOVE is leading this wave. This means that Boingo users will have first access to advanced services as they become available." "With the Boingo relationship, we continue to pursue the strategy of opening our WiZ network to international customers and making high-speed wireless network access a critical part of our complete network services offering. This enables foreign businesspeople to have access while they travel anywhere in the Philippines," said Jesus C. Romero, Enterprise Business Group Head of Innove. Mr. Romero was bullish in his outlook for INNOVE's continued expansion into foreign markets: "Boingo's broad reach and worldwide coverage makes it the right partner to bring us the traffic and resources we need to continue to transform our network." Innove is a member of the Fixed Mobile Convergence Seamless switching between cellular and local networks for mobile users. The goal is to have a handset that switches automatically from the cellular network to the local, wireless Wi-Fi network when entering a building in order to save cellphone minutes. Alliance (FMCA FMCA Family Motor Coach Association FMCA Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance FMCA Florida Marine Contractors Association FMCA Financial Management Capacity Assessment FMCA Furniture Manufacturers Credit Association, Inc. ), and is developing services that allow users to run corporate Internet and Intranet applications wirelessly with the same performance and security as a wired office network. 60,801 Reasons to Use Boingo Boingo gives business travelers the best choice of Wi-Fi hot spots by combining over 60,000 locations from more than 140 leading Wi-Fi operators into one worldwide network. Boingo users can connect to any of these locations with a single Boingo account using Boingo's free Wi-Fi client software, which combines more than 660 network names into one "Boingo Wireless[R]" network to simplify identifying and connecting to commercial Wi-Fi networks. The program provides partners with access to this network, customized client software and a full suite of back-office billing, roaming, mediation and clearinghouse services to allow them to offer their own Wi-Fi service quickly and cost effectively. To date, the company has announced Platform Services partnerships with BT Infonet, EarthLink, Fiberlink, Helio LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , Nextel Communications, Verizon Business and Telecom Italia. About Boingo Wireless Boingo Wireless, Inc. provides global Wi-Fi Internet access through the Boingo[R] Roaming System, which comprises 60,000 hot spots in airports, hotels, cafes and other public places, including metropolitan hot zones. Business travelers can use a single Boingo account to log in at Wi-Fi networks around the world using one username and password. Boingo Roaming System services can also be private labeled by telcos, wireless operators, Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (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. ) and managed service providers (MSP (1) (Management Service Provider or Managed Service Provider) An organization that manages a customer's computer systems and networks which are either located on the customer's premises or at a third-party datacenter. ) as part of their own branded services for laptops, handsets and mobile devices. Through its Concourse Communications Group LLC subsidiary, Boingo operates neutral host wireless access systems that provide wireless voice and data services supporting public and commercial interests. More information about Boingo and Concourse is available at http://www.boingo.com and http://www.concoursecommunications.com. Boingo, Boingo Wireless and the Boingo Wireless Logo are registered trademarks of Boingo Wireless, Inc. About WiZ and GlobeQUEST GlobeQUEST is the corporate arm of INNOVE Communications, Inc., and offers a full portfolio of data services to and from the Philippines. WiZ is INNOVE's commercially public WiFi service, with more than three hundred hotspots scattered throughout the Philippines, and several hotzones located in many of the popular commercial centers in the country's metropolitan areas. Visit INNOVE at http://www.innove.com.ph/ and GlobeQUEST at http://www.globequest.com.ph/. INNOVE, GlobeQUEST and WiZ are registered trademarks of Innove Communications, Inc. |
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