China Mobile and iPass Partner to Deliver Wi-Fi Exchange Services

Orlando, FL 11/9/11 (StreetBeat) --China Mobile and iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS) recently announced that iPass Open Mobile Exchange (OMX) will provide the foundation for a new data roaming service for subscribers of China Mobile's international service provider partners, as well China Mobile's local users.

iPass Inc. provides enterprise mobility services primarily in the United states, Europe, the Middle iPass offers enterprise mobility services in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. These services enhance the productivity of workers as they travel around the world, an increasingly common occurrence in a growing and interconnected globalized economy.

Through the new Wi-Fi exchange services, iPass OMX will serve as a central hub through which China Mobile's international roaming partners are provided with access to the China Mobile Wi-Fi network. It will also support China Mobile's international data roaming needs by providing access for China Mobile users travelling abroad.

"Smartphones and tablets are putting onerous demands on cellular networks," said Wang Jianzhou CEO of China Mobile. "Building out our Wi-Fi network is the fastest way for us to meet the increasing Web demand by our smartphone and tablet users and by partnering with iPass we can rapidly make our Wi-Fi network seamlessly available to our international partners and their users roaming in China."

Evan Kaplan, president and CEO of iPass, said "China Mobile has one of the fastest growing Wi-Fi networks in the world, and access to this network is essential for anyone traveling in China. China Mobile selected iPass Open Mobile Exchange so it can deliver Wi-Fi exchange services that enable its partner carriers worldwide to quickly connect users to Wi-Fi networks throughout China with one billing relationship. Today's announcement is a validation of our global Wi-Fi vision."

OMX allows enterprises to deliver and manage remote and mobile access across their workforce. At the same time, Open Mobile provides visibility into device mobility usage on a granular, department or company-wide level so that various policies can be put into operation simply across networks and devices. It allows for easy monitoring of usage and uses alerts to avoid overage charges.

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