REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- In another step towards unifying the management of enterprise mobility, iPass, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS) today announced the addition of a new 3G service in the US, based on the high-speed CDMA EV-DO Rev A standard. With this release of this new offering in February, iPass will provide two nationwide US 3G services, as well as mobile data services covering China, Japan, and Sing

This new service will let mobile workers take advantage of EV-DO Rev A’s typical upload speeds of 300–400 kbps and download speeds of 450–800 kbps, giving employees high-speed performance without tying them to a specific location. These higher speeds, which offer a five-fold improvement over the upload performance of EV-DO Rev 0, will be available initially across 20 major US metropolitan areas, expanding to cover over 200 metro areas nationwide by the end of the year. Outside of these metro areas, users will still have mobile data coverage using EV-DO Rev 0 or 1xRTT technologies.

As an option to the iPass Virtual Office, the company’s flagship connectivity service, this new offering helps high-value workers be more productive wherever they go while allowing their companies to better control costs, simplify management and mitigate their security risks. It allows enterprises to unify a variety of connectivity choices for remote and mobile workers through a single award-winning interface – including 3G mobile data, 75,000 Wi-Fi hotspots worldwide, fixed broadband connections, mobile broadband satellite and dial-up networks in more than 160 countries.

"Over the past year enterprises have started to standardize their workers’ use of 3G data,” said Anurag Lal, chief business development and sales officer, iPass. “By adding this higher-speed 3G service to its connectivity portfolio, iPass helps companies strategically address the needs of their most mobile workers and stay ahead of the complex world of wireless connectivity.”

iPass Inc. (Nasdaq: IPAS)