Devicescape Wins SPIFFY Award for Best Mobile Opportunity

Company Chosen From Over 200 Start-Ups by the Telecom Council Service Provider Forum


SAN BRUNO, CA--(Marketwire - Sep 17, 2012) - Devicescape, the leader in WiFi offload services, announced today that it was honored with the SPIFFY Best Mobile Opportunity Award. The SPIFFY awards were presented in front of an estimated 400 telecom professionals during the Telecom Council Carrier Connections Summit (TC3) hosted by the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley last week in Sunnyvale, California.

The 5th Annual SPIFFY Awards recognized start-ups for their innovation, market opportunity and quantifiable interest among the Council's 25 global service providers. Nominees were selected by the Telecom Council's Service Provider Forum from over 200 startups involved in telecom products and services. The "Zephyr Award for Best Mobile Opportunity" recognizes a startup as the best investment opportunity within the mobile telecom sector in the past two years.

"The Telecom Council's recognition of Devicescape further validates our technology as best-in-class in providing WiFi offload services to service providers around the world," said Dave Fraser, CEO of Devicescape. "We're honored to receive this endorsement underscoring Devicescape's importance and growing presence in the mobile industry."

As The WiFi Offload Company™, Devicescape enables mobile devices to automatically access the world's largest virtual network of quality-controlled WiFi hotspots. Mobile operators using the three Devicescape elements together -- the Devicescape Offload Network of more than 9 million hotspots; the Devicescape Offload Service managed in the cloud; and the Devicescape Offload Client intelligent connection management software -- get the best WiFi offload rates in the industry. Their customers, subsequently, reap the rewards with better data service and lower rates.

About Devicescape
Devicescape, The WiFi Offload Company™, connects more devices to more WiFi hotspots than any other offload service because Devicescape manages the largest virtual network of hotspots worldwide. Devicescape, which serves mobile operators with advanced WiFi solutions, is headquartered in California, privately held by leading venture capital companies including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, August Capital, JAFCO Ventures, and Enterprise Partners. Online at www.devicescape.com.

Contact Information:

Media Contact:
Kathleen Shanahan or Ally Weiss
BOCA Communications
415-738-7718
devicescape@bocacommunications.com