Partnership between Comfone and China’s Coordinate Technologies enhances global communication during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Wireless subscribers worldwide access hotspots in all Olympic locations via Comfone’s WeRoam service

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.”

About Comfone
Comfone, provider of roaming services to more than 300 operators in over 125 countries, is known throughout the telecoms industry as an international mobile roaming specialist. Through its unique portfolio and additional value added services, Comfone fully optimises the setting up of each operator's roaming processes, thus increasing the efficiency of mobile roaming. The company’s portfolio ranges from the complete outsourcing of roaming, to individual elements, such as signalling, hubbing, data, convergence, clearing and testing services.
WeRoam is the trademark of Comfone’s services in wholesale mobility management and roaming solutions for Wireless IP telecommunications (WLAN and WiMAX). The open roaming platform connects nearly 60 Wireless ISPs and offers an aggregated footprint of more than 35’000 hotspots.
All Comfone solutions easily integrate with existing products of Internet, Enterprise, GSM and VoIP service providers. Learn more about Comfone and its WeRoam services at www.comfone.com & www.weroam.com.

About Coordinate Technologies Communication Limited
Coordinate Technologies Communications Ltd (Coordinate) is a specialist system integrator that assists leading wireless broadband network operators, aggregators and mobile device manufacturers grow their businesses by facilitating secure and reliable bilateral international roaming with Chinese wireless broadband networks. Through in-depth partnerships with all leading Chinese Wi-Fi service operators including China Mobile, Coordinate enables the subscribers of key international operators of NTT, FT, T-Mobile, Telefonica, Teliasonera as well as leading aggregators like Comfone to access over 25000 Wi-Fi Mesh and site location hotspots in China. Coordinate is also developing product capabilities to assist WLAN Operators in the areas of Managed Network and Location Based Services as well as Direct Internet Access.

Coordinate was established in 2006 with headquarters in United Kingdom, as well as data centre and technology operational team in Beijing.

Contact at Comfone:
Comfone AG
Louise Ledsom
Communications Manager
Tel: +41 (0) 31 341 11 74
Fax: +41 (0) 31 341 10 11
Email: Louise.Ledsom@comfone.com
Contacts at Coordinate Technologies Communication Ltd
Kai Liang
Senior VP Operations
Tel: +44 (0) 7786518320
Fax: +44 (0) 163547282
Email: liangkai@ctclchina.com
Arthur Holcombe
Senior VP International Business Development
Tel: +44 (0) 7961882086
Fax: +44 (0) 163547282
Email: arthur.holcombe@ctclchina.com

This release was published on openPR.