Boingo to Roam onto FON's Wi-Fi Network More Than Doubling Its Hot Spot Network Worldwide.Boingo[R] Roaming System Will Be World's Largest Hot Spot Network with Access to 130,000 FON Fon People of southern Benin and adjacent parts of Togo. They speak a dialect of Gbe, a Kwa language of the Niger-Congo language family. Numbering about 3 million, the Fon are mainly farmers. Locations 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 it has signed a roaming agreement with FON, a Madrid-based company, that, when integrated, will provide access to an additional 130,000 hot spot locations - more than doubling the company's network size. The 130,000 Wi-Fi locations come from businesses and individuals who add their own hot spots hot spots acute moist dermatitis. to the FON community in exchange for the right to roam on other FON community locations for free or at a reduced rate. For Boingo users, these new locations provide a rich network of Wi-Fi locations in areas that complement Boingo's existing commercial locations. Access to the FON network will also benefit users of Boingo Mobile, the company's service for Wi-Fi-enabled handsets. Boingo Mobile users pay $7.95 per month for unlimited access to hot spots worldwide to make VoIP calls, use messaging services or surf the Internet from their handset. "Boingo users have counted on the Boingo Roaming System for great coverage at major business travel locations, and now have the same great coverage outside of those locations with the addition of the FON community locations," said Luis Serrano, Boingo vice president of network strategy. "FON is continuing to attract important partners as it executes its business plan and builds a unique collection of Wi-Fi locations around the globe," said Joanna Rees, 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. of FON U.S. "Now, the benefits of the FON network are available to a new audience - business travelers - who get ubiquitous coverage along with Boingo's ease of use benefits." FON hot spots are provided by community members (called Foneros) who share their unused bandwidth via a FON router in exchange for free Wi-Fi access when roaming through any other FON access point. FON recently signed a partnership with Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , to give their cable modem cable modem Modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt over cable television lines, especially for connecting to the Internet. service subscribers the opportunity to be members of the FON community and enjoy free unlimited Wi-Fi access at any of FON's partner 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. Wi-Fi hotspots. Boingo - The Best Network For Business Travelers Boingo gives business travelers the best choice of Wi-Fi hot spots by combining tens of thousands of locations from more than 150 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 and stores the user name and password 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, Nextel Communications Nextel Communications, styled NEXTEL, (Former NASDAQ: NXTL) which is now known as the Sprint Nextel Corporation was a telecommunications firm based in the United States. Known for providing a nation-wide mobile communications system. , Verizon Business and Skype. About FON FON is building the world's largest Wi-Fi community. Founded in 2005 in Madrid, Spain, FON's mission is to stimulate growth of Wi-Fi Internet access See how to access the Internet. through its Wi-Fi sharing community of "Foneros". FON's La Fonera Wi-Fi routers, have been specifically designed to enable Foneros to share their home access points with the FON Community. In return for sharing, Foneros gain free Wi-Fi access everywhere in the world. Foneros are currently benefiting from 130,000 Wi-Fi hot-spots in more than 140 countries. FON's investors include Google, Skype, Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital. For more information, please go to http://www.fon.com. About Boingo Wireless Boingo Wireless, Inc. provides global Wi-Fi Internet access through the Boingo[R] Roaming System, which comprises tens of thousands 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) 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 (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control 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. |
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