Movile Partners with Boingo for International Roaming

Movile Partners with Boingo for International Roaming

Brazil's Leading Mobile Platform Licenses Boingo SDK, Gains Access to 700,000 Hotspots Worldwide

LOS ANGELES & SÃO PAULO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Boingo Wireless (NAS: WIFI) , the leading DAS and Wi-Fi provider that serves consumers, carriers and advertisers worldwide, today announced that leading Latin American mobile services company Movile has selected the company to provide global Wi-Fi roaming for the 8 million users that rely on Movile mobile Wi-Fi service.

Movile will receive access to Boingo's global aggregated network of more than 700,000 hotspots worldwide, including Wi-Fi networks in high traffic consumer venues such as airports, shopping centers, stadiums and arenas, mass transit stations and metropolitan hotzones.

"Boingo offers an unparalleled global network of hotspots that will help keep our customers connected to their favorite entertainment, social networks and productivity tools, while saving them money on costly international roaming fees," said Eduardo Henrique, head of U.S. operations and co-founder of Movile.

"Leading mobile service providers like Movile are increasingly looking to provide additional value to their connected customers by expanding their wireless footprint. Our network of more than 700,000 hotspots provides a built-in roaming solution for operators, and our SDK integrates seamlessly into Wi-Fi access apps like the premium Free Zone app," said Howard Buzick, vice president of business development for Boingo Wireless.

Movile's premium Free Zone app is available for Android. The Boingo international aggregated Wi-Fi network will be available to Movile Free Zone premium customers in fall 2013.

With this agreement, Movile joins the ranks of Boingo's wholesale platform service partners, which also include leading carriers such as KT, LG U+, NTT DOCOMO, Skype and Verizon.

About Boingo Wireless

Boingo Wireless, Inc. (NAS: WIFI) helps the world stay connected. Our vast footprint of small cell networks covers more than a million DAS and Wi-Fi locations and reaches more than 1 billion consumers annually - in places as varied as airports, stadiums, shopping malls, restaurants, universities, and military bases. The Boingo platform is the only monetization engine of its kind, driving revenue through carrier offload, advertising, location-based data analytics, and consumer products like IPTV, high-speed broadband, and Wi-Fi. For more information about the Boingo story, visit www.boingo.com.

About Movile

Movile is a leading platform for mobile content and commerce. Its product portfolio includes smartphone and tablet applications, m-payment, m-commerce, entertainment (including games, music, videos and images) and mobile marketing. Founded in 1998, Movile is a pioneer in services designed for smartphones, micropayments for virtual goods, apps, HTML5 and seamless interactivity on mobile.

Movile has over 200 employees and is connected to more than 40 carriers that collectively have over 600 million mobile subscribers. More than 15 million people experience Movile's products and services per month.

Naspers, an important global media group, has been a key strategic partner to Movile since June 2008 through its investment arm, MIH Group.

For more information about the Movile story, visit www.movile.com.

Boingo, Boingo Wireless, the Boingo Wireless Logo and Don't Just Go. Boingo are registered trademarks of Boingo Wireless, Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" that involves risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "seeks," "believes," "estimates," "expects" and similar references to future periods. These forward-looking statements include the quotations from management in this press release, as well as any statements regarding Boingo's strategic plans and future guidance. Forward-looking statements are based on the company's current expectations and assumptions regarding its business, the economy and other future conditions. Since forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. The company's actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include regional, national or global political, economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory conditions, as well as other risk and uncertainties described more fully in documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") including Boingo's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 filed with the SEC on March 18, 2013, and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 filed with the SEC on August 9, 2013. Any forward-looking statement made by Boingo in this press release speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Factors or events that could cause the company's actual results to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for Boingo to predict all of them. Boingo undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

Boingo Wireless, Inc.
Katie O'Neill, 310-689-1163
koneill@boingo.com

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