Bern, Switzerland, 9 October, 2008 – Comfone, a leading worldwide GSM and Wireless IP roaming hub provider, and True Corporation, Thailand's only fully-integrated communications service provider, and leader in solutions for convergence lifestyles, today announced readiness and immediate availability of Thailand’s prime “Wi-Fi by TrueMove” network to all users of Comfone’s WeRoam service.
The service launch adds True’s high-grade network of 340 locations with more than 16,000 hotspots to Comfone’s global hub of over 35,000 aggregated hotspot locations. Users of Comfone WeRoam have access to WLAN networks in over 60 countries, and today Thailand has been opened up as a further country available to business travellers using the Comfone WeRoam service.

True Corporation was the first in Thailand to launch an outdoor Wi-Fi network, which it has continued to extend and improve over the last two years. The robust Wi-Fi network now offers a premier hi-speed Internet access across Bangkok and its surrounding provinces.

Laurent Freléchoux, Product Marketing Director of WeRoam Services, Comfone, said, “As an increasingly important destination for business and tourism, we are thrilled to have Thailand as a new destination available to users of Comfone WeRoam. To have True Corporation as a partner, the first and biggest provider of Wi-Fi in Thailand, proves how we at Comfone endeavour to offer our customers the best coverage and quality possible.”

Mr. Non Ingkutanon, Deputy Director, Wire-line Broadband Services of True Corporation Plc, added, “our partnership with Comfone means greater convenience for visitors to Thailand, who can roam on the Wi-Fi by TrueMove network with their own username and password. Business professionals and tourists can enjoy accessing the Internet or their corporate network at 340 locations with over 16,000 Wi-Fi by TrueMove hotspots when they visit Thailand".