Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Boingo Roams Around South Korea

Santa Monica-based Boingo Wireless has added 14,000 new hot spots in South Korea, after inking a deal with KT, a wireless service provider in the country. Boingo said that the deal includes Seoul's Incheon International Airport and Gimpo Airport, along with restaurants, cafes, hotels, bus terminals, and other locations in South Korea. Financial terms were not disclosed. Boingo said that the addition of KT as a partner brings the company's total number of hotspots across the world to 45,000. Boingo provides a network of Wi-Fi hot spots, and leverages access via the networks of 130 Wi-Fi operators.