Bern, Switzerland, 11 May, 2010 - Comfone, an experienced leader in roaming and hub service technology, today announced the launch of its innovative new Data Roaming solution. Following the successful completion of the trial phase, Comfone is now commercially launching its Data Roaming solution which is fully integrated into its Key2roam hub, the biggest live Roaming Hub in the world. In response to the needs and concrete requirements of numerous Key2roam members worldwide, Comfone developed its new Data Roaming hub solution in close cooperation with large mobile network operators (MNOs) in Europe and Africa. This new Data Roaming hub solution is now available to all Key2roam members.
Thomas Heilen, Senior Vice President Service Lifecycle Management of Telekom Deutschland GmbH, commented that “We needed a data roaming solution requiring minimal resources and testing while offering us centralised traffic via a roaming hub. Comfone understood our needs as an operator and actively included us in the product development and trial phases. The result is a robust, high quality data roaming solution which will significantly enhance Telekom’s position regarding the data roaming market development for our various Comfone hub-based roaming agreements.”
Mathias Prüssing, Comfone CEO, stated that “Comfone is committed to providing reliable, affordable data roaming services to mobile network operators. We are very proud to offer our customers a future-orientated data roaming solution integrated into our Key2roam hub, which simplifies the whole data roaming management enormously.”
Meeting the increasing consumer demand for extensive mobile broadband and internet usage, Comfone’s Data Roaming solution offers MNOs worldwide data roaming coverage with only one roaming agreement and one initial set-up test. Allowing operators to remain with their GRX provider and requiring no changes to an operator’s core network, Comfone’s Data Roaming solution can be implemented with minimal resource overhead guaranteeing a fast time-to-market for all MNOs. Supported by Comfone’s extensive roaming hub expertise and based on industry standards, Comfone can significantly increase data roaming revenue while leaving full network control in the hands of the MNOs.
Comfone’s innovative approach is part of its overall, customer-orientated data roaming strategy. In addition to the data roaming enhancement of its Key2roam hub solution, Comfone’s data roaming strategy also includes its award-winning WeRoam Wireless IP roaming platform with a global aggregated footprint of over 70’000 hotspots and its highly scalable GRX service, which is experiencing a rapid growth of its customer base.
