Bern, Switzerland & Beijing, China, 21 October, 2008 – As reports continue to record the sporting and business success of the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Comfone and Coordinate Technologies today disclose the successful launch of their partnership which brought greater wireless communication possibilities to sporting personnel, businesses and tourists during the event. Comfone, a leading worldwide GSM and Wireless IP roaming hub provider, together with Coordinate Technologies Communication Limited, the leading Wi-Fi aggregator in China, enabled Comfone’s customers to roam on over 1248 business-grade hotspots operated by China Mobile and China Netcom.
The partnership enabled mobile operators and service providers to offer wireless roaming services to their subscribers and to add all Chinese Olympic locations to their network coverage in time for the Opening ceremony of the Games. With the success during Olympics, both companies are now working together to extend the roaming service to include all China Mobile Wi-Fi hotspots, as well as other leading Chinese Wi-Fi network operators.
Laurent Freléchoux, Product Marketing Director of WeRoam Services, Comfone, said, “Comfone’s WeRoam service offers a high class, carrier grade service to mobile operators and service providers. In turn, our customers are able to provide their subscribers with wireless access to a high speed, reliable and easily accessible aggregated network of over 35’000 hotspots around the world. We were thrilled to play a part in the success of the Olympic Games in China and look forward to bringing more traffic to this critical country for years to come.”
Jason Liang, CEO of Coordinate Technologies in China, commented, “Our partnership with Comfone facilitated greater access to China’s hotspot infrastructure during the unique international event of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Games are a time of celebration, where nations from all over the world come together. Comfone’s WeRoam service enabled more subscribers to efficiently access China Mobile’s and China Netcom’s network of hotspots, easing communication at this crucial time in the sporting, business and tourism calendar. The successful launch of our partnership has set an important foundation for our joint projects in the future.”
