Boingo and Vonage in Voice Over Wi-Fi Relationship

In the first phase of their partnership, Boingo Wireless and Vonage have agreed to co-market a service bundle that includes Vonage's SoftPhone service and Boingo's Wi-Fi service.

The XPRO SoftPhone, from XTEN, is available for personal computers running Windows 98SE/NT/ME/2000/XP/MACOS-X operating systems. It provides increased mobility of the Vonage service, while maintaining the same quality of service consumers have come to expect from Vonage.

Wireless VoIP is an outgrowth of the dramatic success of enterprise and consumer VoIP services, which shuttle telephone calls across the Internet rather than using the traditional circuit-switched telephone network. Analysts estimate that growth in wireless VoIP will be spurred on by the growth of public Wi-Fi networks and the availability of Wi-Fi enabled phones due to hit the market by the end of the year.

The Vonage agreement is the first step in Boingo's comprehensive VoIP strategy, integrating a new class of device software into non-PC devices like mobile phones to login and authenticate onto any of the thousands of hot spots in the Boingo Roaming System. The device software provides essential Wi-Fi services including signal sniffing, authentication, network selection, and profile management - and can be private labeled for major service providers.

See also:

• VoIP Brings Much More Than Free Long-Distance


• Primus's Lingo And D-Link To Offer VoIP


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