WeRoam contracts with Orange UK for global WLAN roaming

(press1) - WeRoam, the Swiss based wholesale WLAN broker, has signed a roaming agreement with Orange UK to extend its Business Everywhere mobility offering with broadband WLAN access.
Orange selected the WeRoam open roaming platform as the most flexible solution that could integrate WLAN with their current GPRS and 3G mobile data services.

Using a WLAN hotspot is easy and simple for all Orange UK customers. The subscriber sends an SMS to a short code and receives a one time username and password. The data are entered on the login page of the public hotspot to gain access to the Internet. The resulting communication costs appear on the subscriber's monthly bill.

Key WeRoam hotspot network partners for Orange UK include Surf & Sip in the UK, Ganag in Germany and Wayport in the USA. These networks offer nationwide WLAN coverage across premium hotel locations and coffee shops.

"WeRoam's global hotspot coverage complements the Orange 3G and GPRS network, giving business people the flexibility to use the best available technology to work remotely from more locations," said Alastair MacLeod, Vice President, Orange Business Solutions, UK.

Toni Stadelmann, CEO, WeRoam added: "The signal sent out with Orange's service launch is obvious, the real benefit for mobile data products is found in the bundling of wireless access technologies. WeRoam's motivation to follow the path of multi standard solutions for WLAN roaming has further grown with the new partnership."



About Orange UK
Orange, wirefree and any other Orange product or service referred to in this release are trademarks of Orange Personal Communications Services Ltd.
Orange UK provides high quality GSM coverage to 99% of the UK population, and offers roaming to pay monthly customers on 393 networks in 156 countries and to pay as you go customers on 131 networks in 67 countries.
At the end of March 2005, Orange UK had over 14.3 million active customers, more than any other UK network, making it the UK's number one.
In October 2004, Orange UK won the Mobile Choice Consumer Awards - voted for by readers of Mobile Choice magazine - for Best Network Operator for the fourth year running.
In May 2005, Orange gained the top ranking for customer satisfaction among mobile phone contract customers in the annual J.D.Power and Associates 2005 UK Mobile Telephone Customers Satisfaction Study. It is the seventh time Orange has been ranked top by the study.

Information about Orange can be found on the Orange website at www.orange.co.uk and media information can be found at www.orange.com
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About WeRoam
Established in 2001 and owned by TOGEWA Holding, WeRoam is the trading name of Swiss company TOGEWAnet AG. WeRoam specialises in wholesale mobility management and roaming solutions for the fixed and mobile telecommunications sector.
WeRoam's patented open roaming platform currently connects over 50 Wireless Internet Service Provider networks (WISPs) with a number of the world's leading GSM and Enterprise Remote Access Providers, offering an aggregated footprint of more than 14.000 hotspots. WeRoam is a market leader in SIM based authentication for WLAN.

Learn more about WeRoam at www.weroam.com
or contact Michael Gebert by phone +41 31 341 1124, fax +41 31 341 1021 or
email michael.gebert@weroam.com