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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
TRUSTIVRE EXPANDS ASIA-PACIFIC NETWORK WITH TAIWAN MOBILE OPERATOR
LONDON – Amsterdam— Trustive, Europe’s premier independent wireless
Internet access provider, announced a major expansion of its virtual
hotspot network in the Asia-Pacific region together with Mobile Operator
MoBiTai Communications in Taiwan. The announcement was made at London’s
Wireless Lan Event, Europe’s largest Wi-Fi show.
This most recent round of growth adds 500 hotspots to the Trustive
network, lifts Trustive’s hotspot total to 2,750 (1,600 are now live)
and secures its position in Asia-Pacific with MoBiTai’s “mobee LAN” 110
hotspots. Trustive also announced partner agreements in Ireland and the
Czech Republic, bringing its coverage to 23 countries in Europe, the
Asia-Pacific region and the Americas. A complete hotspot list is
available at Trustive’s revamped website, www.trustive.com.
“Adding Mobitai’s hotspots to our network opens new markets for us in
Asia-Pacific and also gives our customers true worldwide wireless
freedom,” said Gavin Dresselhuis, Trustive Managing Director.
Joseph Lin, director of WLAN/Broadband Services at MoBiTai, which serves
more than 800,000 customers, said, “We are excited to be part of the
Trustive Worldwide Network. Trustive is a very dynamic and fast moving
company within the WLAN market, not only on customer acquisition, but
also in regards to expanding their network. We would see a long-term
relation ahead where our customers will also be able to use the Trustive
Virtual Network in the future.”
About Trustive
Trustive is one of the largest virtual WISPs in Europe and one of the
fastest growing in the world. offering an easy-to-use, high-speed
wireless Internet service with 2,750 hotspots worldwide*, including
airports, hotels, petrol stations, congresses, train stations, cafés and
other business and public locations. Trustive uses state-of-the-art
software, allowing end users to easily and seamlessly connect to the
Internet anywhere in the Trustive network. Trustive is a privately held
company with headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands and offices in
Sophia Antipolis, France. For a complete hotspot list and more
information, please visit Trustive’s newly revamped website at
www.trustive.com.
*The Trustive network includes hotspots in Brazil, Canada, China, Czech
Republic, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Spain,
Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom and the United States.
About MoBiTai
MoBiTai Communications, an established GSM operator in Taiwan, a joint
venture including Teco, Tecom, Japan Telecom, Sumitomo, F.C. Lai Lai
Department Store and Far Eastern Textile. Through its latest projects,
MoBiTai has evolved its operational platform to support GPRS (2.5G)
services and WLAN services and is working towards future support of
Beyond 3G (B3G) services. For more information please visit
www.mobitai.com.tw.
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