Cincinnati Bell Selects Devicescape's WiFi Offload Solution

SAN BRUNO, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 29, 2012) - Devicescape, the WiFi offload company, today announced that Cincinnati Bell (NYSE: CBB) will deploy Devicescape's offload solution, anchored by Devicescape's Curated Virtual Network (CVN). Cincinnati Bell's wireless customers who use Android smartphones will now have automatic access to the CVN of over 11 million hotspots and growing, enabling a superior end-user experience and additional network capacity to better handle growing levels of data demand.

Cincinnati Bell will include the Devicescape offload service pre-integrated with their new Android devices. The service will also be made available for more than a dozen existing Android phones through an application called CB WiFi, which can be downloaded initially from the Google Play Marketplace. 

"It's always been Cincinnati Bell's goal to provide the highest quality network for our customers," said Karen Bruce, Director of Wireless Data with Cincinnati Bell. "Our partnership with Devicescape will help us further this objective by augmenting our current service offering and providing a new option to help customers manage their data plans."

The Devicescape offload solution is a policy- and quality-controlled management service that integrates commercial networks on the fly, encourages home and personal network use, and ensures a transparent user experience. Managed by the cloud-based Offload Service, the Offload Client automatically and seamlessly connects to the CVN. Devicescape's patented curation process tests and re-tests tens of millions of newly discovered and existing hotspots in real-time, resulting in an ever-growing carrier-grade Curated Virtual Network. 

"Devicescape is delighted to be working with Cincinnati Bell to extend the reach of its network," said Dave Fraser, CEO of Devicescape. "We applaud Cincinnati Bell's desire to deliver the best possible user experience and lower the cost of data delivery."

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.

About Cincinnati Bell
With headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Bell (NYSE: CBB) provides integrated communications solutions -- including local, long distance, data, Internet, entertainment and wireless services -- that keep residential and business customers in Greater Cincinnati and Dayton connected with each other and with the world. In addition, Cincinnati Bell provides best-in-class data center colocation services to its enterprise customers through its facilities with fully redundant power and cooling solutions that are currently located in the Midwest, Texas, London and Singapore. Complementing the colocation products, Cincinnati Bell also offers complex information technology solutions such as managed services and technology staffing. For more information, visit www.cincinnatibell.com.