The WiFi network Boingo Wireless announced that it has added China Telecom hotspots to its offering. As a result, users can now access hotspots in all Provinces, Municipalities, and Autonomous Regions in China, bringing Boingo’s total hotspot count to over 185,000 locations globally!
Boingo says that the whole Asia Pacific region has been growing like crazy and now that China Telecom is on board, the company is able to meet demands of its users.
China Telecom’s hotspots are available across airports, hotels, restaurants and transportation facilities in over 300 major Chinese cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Xiamen, Chengdu, Dalian, Kunming, Qingdao, Chongqing and Xi’an. Popular locations include airports, Howard Johnson and Holiday Inn hotels, KFC, McDonald’s and Starbucks cafés.
In total, Boingo is available in 26 countries in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.
Commenting on the news, Boingo’s director of Asia Pacific, Allen Pan, said: “The timing is perfect for the addition of China Telecom’s network to the Boingo footprint. Our users are really ramping up their activity in the region, and being able to expand the network to meet that demand is exciting.”