Bern, 30 January 2007 — WeRoam, a leading wholesale aggregator of Public WLAN Roaming, today announced they have signed an agreement with BT Openzone, one of the UK’s leading Wi-Fi providers to provide it’s customers with access to over 2,000 quality BT Openzone hotspot locations across the UK and Ireland..
BT Openzone is one of the most accessible public wireless broadband services, with hotspots in locations, including British Airways customer lounges worldwide, BAA airports, main train stations, Hilton and Ramada Jarvis Hotels and McDonald’s flagship and drive-thru restaurants. From today, all users of the WeRoam service can easily roam into any hotspot from BT Openzone with their usual access method, be it client software or web browser based landing page.
Toni Stadelmann, Vice Chairman of Comfone said: “It is with great satisfaction that we announce BT Openzone as a new partner. WeRoam is now able to offer a closely woven hotspot footprint in probably the most important country for our international customers. The professionalism of BT Openzone’s award winning business gives us great confidence in the future of our partnership.
Chris Bruce, General Manager of BT Openzone, said, “We are delighted to be partnering with WeRoam to provide their customers with BT Openzone access in the UK and Ireland. WeRoam customers will also benefit from having access to BT’s first phase of 12 Wireless Cities by the end of March which means that most of the UK’s major city centres will soon offer comprehensive, high quality, BT Openzone coverage.
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About WeRoam
WeRoam is a trademark of Swiss company Comfone AG and specialises in wholesale mobility management and roaming solutions for the fixed and mobile telecommunications sector.
WeRoam’s patented open roaming platform connects to nearly 60 WISPs and offers an aggregated footprint of more than 24.000 hotspots. All solutions easily integrate with existing products of Internet, Enterprise, GSM and VoIP service providers.
Comfone provides roaming services to over 300 operators in 125 countries worldwide. Its service portfolio includes signalling, data, clearing, hubbing and convergence services. Responding to the new trends towards convergence, in 2006 Comfone launched its wVoIP service, which combines all the advantages of GSM together with wireless VoIP functionality. Learn more about WeRoam at www.weroam.com and Comfone at www.comfone.com
About BT
BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services, local, national and international telecommunications services, and higher-value broadband and internet products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale.
In the year ended March 31, 2006, BT Group plc’s revenue was £19,514 million with profit before taxation of £2,040 million.
British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York.
For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt
For more information, visit www.btopenzone.com
BT Openzone is one of the most accessible public wireless broadband services, with hotspots in locations, including British Airways customer lounges worldwide, BAA airports, main train stations, Hilton and Ramada Jarvis Hotels and McDonald’s flagship and drive-thru restaurants. From today, all users of the WeRoam service can easily roam into any hotspot from BT Openzone with their usual access method, be it client software or web browser based landing page.
Toni Stadelmann, Vice Chairman of Comfone said: “It is with great satisfaction that we announce BT Openzone as a new partner. WeRoam is now able to offer a closely woven hotspot footprint in probably the most important country for our international customers. The professionalism of BT Openzone’s award winning business gives us great confidence in the future of our partnership.
Chris Bruce, General Manager of BT Openzone, said, “We are delighted to be partnering with WeRoam to provide their customers with BT Openzone access in the UK and Ireland. WeRoam customers will also benefit from having access to BT’s first phase of 12 Wireless Cities by the end of March which means that most of the UK’s major city centres will soon offer comprehensive, high quality, BT Openzone coverage.
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About WeRoam
WeRoam is a trademark of Swiss company Comfone AG and specialises in wholesale mobility management and roaming solutions for the fixed and mobile telecommunications sector.
WeRoam’s patented open roaming platform connects to nearly 60 WISPs and offers an aggregated footprint of more than 24.000 hotspots. All solutions easily integrate with existing products of Internet, Enterprise, GSM and VoIP service providers.
Comfone provides roaming services to over 300 operators in 125 countries worldwide. Its service portfolio includes signalling, data, clearing, hubbing and convergence services. Responding to the new trends towards convergence, in 2006 Comfone launched its wVoIP service, which combines all the advantages of GSM together with wireless VoIP functionality. Learn more about WeRoam at www.weroam.com and Comfone at www.comfone.com
About BT
BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services, local, national and international telecommunications services, and higher-value broadband and internet products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale.
In the year ended March 31, 2006, BT Group plc’s revenue was £19,514 million with profit before taxation of £2,040 million.
British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York.
For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt
For more information, visit www.btopenzone.com
