ICOA Powers Wi-Fi at 27 Airports; Announces New Service for Grand Rapids (GRR) and San Luis Obispo (SBP)
22 December 2005 - 8:04AM
PR Newswire (US)
WARWICK, R.I., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ICOA, Inc.
(OTC:ICOA) (BULLETIN BOARD: ICOA) , a national provider of wireless
broadband Internet networks and managed services in high-traffic
public locations, today announced the addition of service to two
new airports: Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) of Grand
Rapids, Michigan and San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP)
in California. ICOA dba ICOA Airport Networks currently provides
service to twenty-seven airports nationally which serve more than
sixty-five million annual passengers. Eighteen ICOA-powered
airports have full-facility public and private Wi-Fi coverage. Nine
additional airports have wireless and wired service covering select
high-traffic public areas. GRR, Michigan's second busiest
commercial airport, serves over two million annual passengers. San
Luis Obispo, located in the Central Coast region of California,
serves over three hundred thousand annual passengers. The
ICOA-powered networks will provide full coverage to both passenger
terminals with public broadband wireless Internet access, as well
as wholesale and secured private networks for operational needs.
ICOA will provide complete management, maintenance, customer care
and the full suite of its back-office solutions, including
authentication and reporting. "We are pleased to partner with
Gerald R. Ford and San Luis Obispo Airports to provide their
customers with this valuable service, backed by the support of
ICOA's rapidly growing sales, marketing, operational, engineering
and customer care teams," said Pam Brown, Vice President of ICOA
Airport Networks. "ICOA has rapidly become a national provider of
broadband wireless services to airports and we are looking to
continue our aggressive growth in this promising area." The new
high-speed broadband wireless Internet networks will offer
passengers secure, convenient wireless Internet access from
anywhere in the terminal. The public service does not require users
to install or use proprietary software. Passengers with
Wi-Fi-enabled laptops or PDAs will be able to connect to the
Internet to check their e-mail, access their corporate servers,
download documents and surf the Web with unlimited access from
anywhere in the airport. Airport information, such as flight
schedules, ground transportation information, passenger services
and security bulletins can also be accessed from the Wi-Fi portals
at each airport facility. About ICOA, Inc. ICOA, Inc. is a national
provider of neutral-host wireless and wired broadband Internet
networks in high-traffic public locations. ICOA provides design,
installation, operations, maintenance and management of neutral,
common-use 802.11x standard WLAN Wi-Fi hot spot and hot zone
infrastructure throughout airport facilities, quick-service
restaurants, universities, travel plazas, marinas, hospitality and
municipal/hot zone locations. ICOA owns or operates over 1,400
broadband access installations in high-traffic locations across 45
states. For additional information, visit http://www.icoacorp.com/.
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. For more information regarding ICOA, contact ICOA CEO Rick
Schiffmann at (401) 352-2360 or email . The foregoing contains
"forward-looking statements," which are based on management's
beliefs, as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future
events and information currently available to management. Readers
are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking
statements, which are not a guarantee of performance and are
subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of
which are outside ICOA's control, that could cause actual results
to differ materially from such statements. For a more detailed
description of the factors that could cause such a difference,
please see ICOA's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. ICOA disclaims any intention or obligation to update or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise. This information is
presented solely to provide additional information to further
understand the results of ICOA. DATASOURCE: ICOA, Inc. CONTACT:
Rick Schiffmann, CEO of ICOA, Inc., +1-401-352-2360, Web site:
http://www.icoacorp.com/
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