BOINGO MOBILE AND QIK TEAM UP FOR VALENTINE’S DAY AND BEYOND

Boingo and Qik Partner to Enable People to Stream Live Video Over High-Speed Wi-Fi Networks

LOS ANGELES and REDWOOD CITY, CA – February 10^th, 2009 – Boingo Mobile and Qik are launching their partnership this Valentine’s Day to help lovebirds stream their devotion with live video from their mobile phones over Wi-Fi.

Boingo Mobile is a downloadable application for smartphones that simplifies the process of logging in to Wi-Fi hotspots, and gives users faster Wi-Fi connection speeds to do more on their phones, like Qik live video streaming.

Qik provides an easy way to stream live video from more than 100-plus mobile devices, so people can share their moments in real-time with selected friends and family or the entire world.

“Qik is the perfect application for Boingo Mobile users – the best way to stream live video over a high-speed Wi-Fi connection, and send loved ones a live message that they can watch online,” said Dawn Callahan, vice president of marketing, Boingo Wireless. “With Boingo Mobile at more than 85,000 locations around the world, people will have even more choice of where to stream live video on Qik over Wi-Fi.”

“Qik is the leader in mobile live video streaming, and our users are broadcasting live to friends, family, and the world from nearly 200 countries around the globe,” said Qik CEO Ramu Sunkara. “Now with Boingo Mobile, Qikkers can stream even more easily over high-speed Wi-Fi from tens of thousands of locations worldwide.”

This partnership will enable Qik users to enjoy to the global Boingo network for free for 30 days by signing up from http://mobile.boingo.com/qik. As a part of this partnership, Qik and Boingo are bringing huge value and ease of use to mobile phone users while helping drive the business objectives of both companies.

For Valentine’s Day, Boingo will award three free Boingo Mobile accounts to the three best Valentine’s Day proclamations of love on Qik. Users should just entitle their Qik videos “Boingo love” in order to enter. Winners will be chosen for showing great creativity, style, humor, and/or the most ardent declarations of love.

About Qik

Qik, the world's leading mobile live video streaming platform, currently available on more than 100 mobile phones, enables anyone to stream video live from their mobile device from anywhere, to anywhere. Its innovative, patent-pending technology allows anyone to share their moments live with friends and family or the entire world. Notable live videos captured recently with Qik include the live online game show “24 Hours @ Sundance,” hosted by Ashton Kutcher, exclusive backstage events with Heidi Klum and Adriana Lima at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, and director Baz Luhrmann discussing his latest film. Find additional Qik videos, including those streaming live, here: http://qik.com/.

About Boingo Mobile

Boingo Mobile is a downloadable application for smartphones that works on a variety of mobile operating systems, including Symbian and UIQ devices, Windows Mobile, and the iPhone platform. Boingo Mobile costs $7.95/month and works worldwide at more than 85,000 locations, including McDonald’s and Starbucks.

About Boingo Wireless

Boingo Wireless, Inc., the global market leader in Wi-Fi, makes it simple and easy for people to enjoy Wi-Fi access on their laptop or mobile device at more than 100,000 hotspots worldwide. With a single account, Boingo users can logon to the Boingo Network locations that include the top airports around the world, major hotel chains, cafés and coffee shops, restaurants, and metropolitan hot zones. Boingo, and its Concourse Communications Group subsidiary, operate wired and wireless networks at 55 airports worldwide, including 29 of the top 100 North American airports, as well as the WSDOT Ferries Division Wi-Fi network. For more information about Boingo, please visit http://www.boingo.com.

Boingo, Boingo Wireless, Boingo Mobile, the Boingo Wireless Logo and Don’t Just Go. Boingo! are registered trademarks of Boingo Wireless, Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

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