REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- iPass Inc. (Nasdaq: IPAS - News) is celebrating a major landmark for the Wi-Fi industry as the first company to count over 10,000 active hotspots as part of its worldwide network. iPass, a provider of services that simply and securely connect enterprise mobile workers to their corporate network, exceeded its goal to have 10,000 active Wi-Fi hotspots in its Global Broadband Roaming network by the end of the second quarter 2004. As of the end of June, the company tallied more than 11,179 hotspots in 33 countries around the globe.
"This is a significant milestone in the Wi-Fi industry," said John Yunker of Byte Level Research. "Connecting so many diverse Wi-Fi networks around the globe is no small feat and iPass has made it look easy. As more and more business travelers embrace Wi-Fi, they will seek out those networks with the widest coverage; iPass is clearly a leader in this regard."
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