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Swisscom Eurospot signs roaming agreement with TeliaSonera Finland, adding 250 hotspots to its footprint and giving HomeRun customers access to its 750

March 18, 2004

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LONDON -- Swisscom Eurospot has concluded a roaming agreement with TeliaSonera Finland Oyj. While Swisscom Eurospot customers will benefit from 250 high-speed Wi-Fi Internet hotspots in Finland, Sonera HomeRun customers will have access to 750 hotspots across Europe (Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the UK).

Swisscom Eurospot has concluded a roaming agreement with TeliaSonera Finland Oyj in addition to its existing agreements with TeliaSonera Sweden and Swisscom Mobile. "The agreements with Scandinavian PWLAN providers will enable us to build on our current base of over 2,000 hotspots under contract and 750 activated hotspots across Europe. Our pan-European hotspots are placed at strategic business locations such as hotels, congress centres and airports," says Jaap van den Berg from Swisscom Eurospot.

Access to the largest pan-European PWLAN footprint will enable Finnish corporate users to be more efficient when on the move. The bilateral roaming agreements between Swisscom Eurospot, Swisscom Mobile, TeliaSonera Finland Oyj and TeliaSonera Sweden have resulted in the largest operational WiFi roaming network worldwide.

Roaming on TeliaSonera Finland Oyj's PWLAN network is technically implemented through the Radius protocol and conforms to common industry standards. PWLAN roaming is transparent to each party's customers, who automatically reach their home log-in pages when using a hotspot under this roaming agreement. The customer can then log in with the same 'look and feel' as if he were using his home network. At the end of the month each party's customers receive their PWLAN bill from their normal provider.

"Based on our past experience with GSM it was easy for us to implement roaming with Swisscom Eurospot. Roaming plays an essential role in the HomeRun service, and this roaming deal will enable our end users to gain significantly more coverage across mainland Europe, "says Tommi Mattila, Sonera HomeRun Product Manager at TeliaSonera Finland Oyj.

Swisscom Eurospot

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