Boingo Wireless announced today a partnership with The Cloud the leading Wi-Fi hot spot operator in the United Kingdom, that will give users of the Boingo roaming system access to more than 2,500 additional hot spots throughout the U.K.

The agreement teams two of the leading Wi-Fi companies and is part of Boingo's push to expand its Wi-Fi roaming system throughout Europe. For The Cloud, the deal is a further step in the development of its wholesale model.

Under the terms of the agreement, users of the Boingo roaming system from the U.S., continental Europe and the rest of the world will have secure, fast Wi-Fi access across the entire Cloud network, currently installed in at over 2,500 hot spot locations, with 100 new locations being added every week.

"This agreement gives Boingo a huge footprint in the U.K. and strengthens our ability to serve European carriers who are considering Wi-Fi as a part of their wireless LAN strategy," said Dave Hagan, Boingo President. "We are pleased to partner with The Cloud and feel the rapid growth of the company's network demonstrates how Wi-Fi is emerging worldwide as the key remote access choice for users."

George Polk, Managing Director of The Cloud, said: "By partnering with The Cloud, Boingo has given its users access to a huge range of Wi-Fi hotspots in high value locations across the UK. The Cloud, as a carrier grade network with significant geographical reach, is the European partner of choice for anyone looking to offer Wi-Fi access and this agreement underlines that position. This deal will generate significant additional traffic across The Cloud's network, driving revenues for site owners, Boingo and The Cloud."

The Cloud is Europe's largest Wi-Fi network, with over 2,500 hotspots operating in high traffic, public space sites across the UK. A division of Inspired Broadcast Networks, a leading provider of digital entertainment terminals and broadband services, The Cloud has access to site locations via Inspired's estate of more than 6,000 itbox in-venue, broadband enabled digital entertainment terminals as well as through third party site owner deals with organisations such as NWP Spectrum, a leading provider of payphones and Internet kiosks. As a wholesale network operator, The Cloud offers access to its network to third party service providers who in turn re-sell this access onto consumers.

As a network aggregator, Boingo is working with dozens of Wi-Fi hot spot operators to combine their networks and allow users to subscribe to one service that delivers high-speed wireless access wherever they go. The company has been aggressively expanding outside of the U.S. and now has hot spot locations in Europe, Japan, Australia, Latin America, India and Canada.

Boingo has built a Wi-Fi roaming system that includes the networks of more than 40 Wi-Fi hot spot operators. Users of this roaming system can subscribe to one service offered by Boingo's partners that delivers high-speed wireless access wherever they go. The company recently began expanding outside of the U.S. and has hot spot locations in Europe, Japan, Australia, Latin America, India and Canada.

Boingo packages its roaming system with its award-winning client software and back-office services for managing roaming and billing, and provides it on a completely private-label basis to carriers, ISPs and MSPs through Boingo Platform Services. Boingo's current Platform Services partners include Earthlink, Fiberlink, T-Mobile (U.S.).

Boingo Wireless is an ultra-high-speed wireless Internet service available in thousands of locations such as hotels, airports, cafes, and other public places. Both directly and through major ISP and carrier partners, Boingo provides business travelers with a wireless broadband Internet connection to improve productivity while on the road. Through its Wi-Fi software, Boingo makes finding and connecting to Wi-Fi networks point-and-click simple and secure.

The Cloud is a broadband WLAN carrier-class network operator, providing Internet and enterprise network access services on a wholesale basis to a variety of operators. The Cloud's nationwide UK network is already the largest WLAN network in Europe, with WLAN access in over 2,500 locations so far this year and a rapid deployment schedule of an additional 100 sites a week. The Cloud also works with site owners to help them manage their estates more effectively and with leading technology providers to roll out innovative solutions for the wireless enterprise.