Ecuity, Boingo Wireless and TeleSym Team to offer a VoIP over Wi-Fi service20 February 2005
Ecuity, Inc., (OTCBB: ECUI.OB - News), a leading enhanced Voice over Internet communications company serving the small-to-medium business and residential markets, today announced it has teamed with Boingo Wireless, Inc. and TeleSym Inc. to jointly
market a VoIP over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) service.
The partnership will deliver advanced VoWiFi communication capabilities to mobile professionals and businesses worldwide. It allows for the application of Boingo's extensive network of over 13,000 WiFi hotspots to access Ecuity's Smart Call(TM) mobile VoIP service utilizing TeleSym's award-winning SymPhone(TM) software for making top-quality voice calls from mobile computers and Pocket PC-compatible devices anywhere in the world.
The companies announced they are kicking off marketing of the new service platform with a thirty-day free trial of VoWiFi phone service in Boingo hotspots worldwide using TeleSym software and the Ecuity Smart Call VoIP phone service. Terms of the promotion and signup are available at http://www.ecuity.net/boingo.
Dave Budke, Ecuity's head of business development, said, "Ecuity is eager to demonstrate to the many travelers who already carry laptops or Pocket PC(TM) mobile devices how convenient and easy it is to make phone calls to home or any place in the world. With this free-trial we will introduce them to the value of using Ecuity's VoIP phone services and the TeleSym software within Boingo's extensive network of Wi-Fi hotspots in nearly 3,000 cities
located in 38 different countries. We're confident that this service will prove to be a 'must-have' tool for the legions of frequent-travelers requiring mobile connectivity to stay in touch with their world."
"Applications such as VoWiFi are the future of Wi-Fi hotspots because they extend wireless networking's ability to keep people connected and productive wherever they are," said Scott Miller, Boingo director of marketing. "Working with Ecuity and TeleSym gives us a solid and easy-to-use platform to bring these capabilities to small and medium-sized business."
Boingo is the world's largest Wi-Fi network aggregator and provides subscribers with true Wi-Fi roaming, giving business travelers the best choice of Wi-Fi hotspots by combining more than 13,000 locations from more than 85 leading Wi-Fi operators into one worldwide network, and allowing the user to roam onto any of these locations with a single subscription using Boingo's
free Wi-Fi client software.
Based in Bellevue, Wash., TeleSym delivers high-quality and secure voice communications to enterprises and service providers with highly mobile communications requirements. TeleSym's SymPhone is a mobile VoIP software solution that delivers voice wherever organizations need it. Ecuity is using SymPhone to power its Smart Call service.
Ecuity is the first facilities-based carrier to offer complete business-class VoIP services, including a VoWiFi "soft phone," both nationwide and internationally - with voice quality equal to or better than traditional phone service at significant cost savings. Ecuity provides business-class VoIP, broadband services, technical support, centralized billing and superior
customer service. It offers both Centrex call features and traditional equipment based PBX call services. As a result of its success in delivering cutting edge Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services to customers nationwide, Equity's subsidiary Ecuity Advanced Communications was named to the 2004 "pulver 100" - which is the VoIP industry's premiere listing of companies that represent the future of the communications industry.
Ecuity's innovative VoIP services, V-Tone Office, V-Tone Small Office and Smart Call, are available virtually anywhere in the country and in international markets today. It takes only a phone call to 1 866-41 VTONE (1 866-418-8663) or a visit to http://www.ecuity.net to arrange to install service or secure a custom solution quotation.
About Boingo Wireless, Inc. (http://www.boingo.com)
Boingo Wireless, Inc. is an ultra-high-speed wireless Internet service available in thousands of locations such as hotels, airports, cafes, and other public places, in dozens of countries throughout the world. Both directly and through major carrier and ISP partners, Boingo provides business travelers with a wireless broadband Internet connection to improve productivity while on the road. Through its Wi-Fi software and Roaming System, Boingo makes finding
and connecting to Wi-Fi networks point-and-click simple and secure.
About TeleSym Inc. (http://www.telesym.com)
TeleSym(R) is focused on the growing Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) marketplace. The company's SymPhone(TM) system is the only solution that provides enterprises and service providers with voice everywhere they need it. Incorporating unique call quality technology and RSA Security features, SymPhone extends the enterprise PBX to mobile workers and professionals. It supports key telephony standards such as SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) and is interoperable with the full range of PBX and network environments in the enterprise. For more information please visit http://www.telesym.com.
About Ecuity, Inc. (http://www.ecuityinc.com)
Ecuity is a provider of secure end-to-end unified communication technologies for the small- to medium-business market. Ecuity uses secure next-generation voice services, instant messaging, data transfer, internet, conference calling and enterprise software to create solutions that meet the communication needs of today's business world. As a facilities-based carrier, Ecuity has operated as a traditional telephone company for 17 years, providing
service to thousands of customers across the country.
Through the integration of web-based telecommunications and cutting-edge software technology, Ecuity economically delivers secure unified communication solutions that break down distance, time and media barriers to allow people to communicate anywhere, anytime and across multiple mediums. Ecuity has offices in Bellevue and Seattle, Washington. Available virtually anywhere in the country and in international markets, it takes only a phone call to 1 877-4-ECUITY (1 877-432-8489) or visit http://www.ecuity.net to order service.
This report includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The information in this news release includes certain forward-looking statements that are based upon assumptions that in the future may prove not to have been accurate and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including statements as to the future performance of
the company. Although the company believes that the expectations reflected in its forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations or any of its forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. Factors that could cause results to differ include, but are not limited to, successful performance of internal plans, product development
acceptance, and the impact of competitive services and pricing and general economic risks and uncertainties.
For more information, please contact:
Ecuity Corporate Communications:
Jennifer Stephens
Telephone: (206) 210-5033
jennifer.stephens@ecuityinc.com
Ecuity Investor Relations:
Truc Nguyen
VP, Investor Relations
Stern & Co.
Telephone: (212) 888-0044
tnguyen@sternco.com
Ecuity Media Relations:
Stan Froelich
VP, Media Relations
Stern & Co.
Telephone: (212) 888-0044
sfroelich@sternco.com
For Boingo Wireless:
David Rodewald
Telephone: (805) 494-9508
david@davidjamesagency.com
For TeleSym:
Jennifer Gehrt, Communique PR
Telephone: (206) 419-3203
jennifer@communiquepr.com
Source: PR Newswire
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