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iPass Offers Increased Connectivity Options in Ireland
Partnership With eircom Ensures Business Travellers Avoid the 3G International Roaming Sting While on the Emerald Isle
| Source: iPass
REDWOOD SHORES, CA--(Marketwire - September 28, 2009) - iPass®
Inc. (NASDAQ : IPAS ), a leading provider of enterprise mobility
services, today announced it has partnered with Ireland's largest
telecommunications supplier, eircom, which will be giving iPass customers
access to over 1,000 Wi-Fi® hotspots around Ireland through the iPass
Mobile Office service. The partnership was formed in response to
enterprise customer demand for coverage in and around Ireland's major
cities and airports including Dublin, Cork and Limerick.
iPass customers are already accustomed to widely available and reliable
wired and wireless connectivity, without having to pay international
roaming charges, and the addition of eircom's hotspots will ensure that
those same prerequisites are well catered to in Ireland as well. Likely to
be the most popular location, Dublin Airport currently ranks among the 10
busiest airports in Europe, welcoming well over 20 million passengers each
year. Other locations around Ireland will include hotels, cafés, public
hotspots and entertainment venues such as racetracks.
iPass Mobile Office unifies mobility management over any Internet
connection to optimize mobile access as well as control the cost of
mobility, including significantly reducing 3G data roaming costs outside of
the home country.
"eircom is committed to bringing the highest quality wireless Internet to
its customers and partners. With iPass, people coming to Ireland will be
able to conveniently log on and get high-speed, reliable Internet access no
matter where they are, be it coffee shops, train stations, pubs or airports
-- especially Dublin Airport, the largest in Ireland," said Eamonn Condon,
head of broadband operations, eircom.
Before becoming fully integrated, the eircom hotspot network will complete
the iPass Enterprise Ready certification process. This involves testing
the hotspots for high availability as well as interoperability with policy
and security tools, including a comprehensive range of virtual private
networks, personal firewalls and anti-virus software packages.
"Demand for business-grade connectivity throughout Ireland has grown
substantially within our multinational customer base," commented Azadar
Shah, sales director, UK & Ireland, iPass. "As the largest operator in
Ireland, eircom is of clear value to iPass and we are thrilled to add them
to the exhaustive list of world-class operators who have joined the iPass
network."
iPass Mobile Office, with iPassConnect as its unified user interface, now
also offers broad device support ranging from Windows 2000, XP, Vista and
Apple Mac to Windows Mobile, Symbian smartphones and most recently, the
iPhone, iPod Touch and BlackBerry devices. This will enable organizations
to standardize on this single service worldwide and eliminate
expensive-to-manage patchwork of local, regional and individual solutions,
further lowering IT costs. The iPass Wi-Fi footprint, already the world's
largest, encompasses close to 140,000 business-ready broadband venues,
including 555 airports and more than 137,000 Wi-Fi hotspots.
About iPass Inc.
iPass helps enterprises and individuals unify the management of remote and
mobile connectivity. With iPass software and services, enterprise customers
can create easy-to-use wireless and broadband solutions for their mobile
workers, home offices, and branch and retail locations, complete with
web-based management, security validation, and unified billing. Mobile
Individuals get global business-class connectivity in a simple and
affordable package. iPass offerings are powered by its leading global
virtual network, award-winning mobility manager software, and in-the-cloud
platform. The iPass global virtual network unifies hundreds of wireless,
broadband and dial-up providers in over 175 countries. Hundreds of Global
2000 companies rely on iPass services, including Ford, Nokia, and Proctor
and Gamble. Founded in 1996, iPass is headquartered in Redwood Shores,
California, with offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For
more information, visit us at www.iPass.com.
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About eircom Ltd.
eircom is the leading provider of telecommunications services in Ireland.
The company has over 1.2 million fixed-line voice customers and more than
660,000 broadband customers. eircom provides a comprehensive range of
advanced voice, data and internet services to the residential, business and
enterprise markets. eircom also owns Meteor Mobile, Ireland's third largest
mobile phone company with more than one million customers. eircom was
purchased by Australian firm eircom Holdings Ltd. (formerly Babcock and
Brown Capital Ltd.) together with the eircom Employee Share Ownership Trust
(ESOT) in August 2006. With almost 7,000 employees, eircom is one of
Ireland's largest employers. Subsidiaries include: eircom PhoneWatch, LAN
Communications.
IPass® is a registered trademark of iPass Inc. iPassConnect and iPass
Mobile Office are trademarks of iPass Inc. Wi-Fi® is a registered
trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance.