SkyWave and LavaNet partner to bring "broadband to go" to DSL customers
Honolulu, Hawaii - December 20, 2005. SkyWave, one of the state's fastest growing Wireless Broadband Providers, and LavaNet, Hawaii's largest locally owned Internet service provider, have partnered to offer LavaNet customers "Broadband to Go", a roaming WiFi service good at over thirty locations on Oahu including Waikiki,
Downtown, Hawaii Kai, Kailua, Manoa, Ward Center & Warehouse, Aiea, and Kapolei.
LavaNet is offering a new, free, 6-week trial to SkyWave's WiFi service to all its customers. Simply, existing LavaNet email accounts will be valid at all SkyWave hotspots. "In many ways, what cellular phones did to land-lines, WiFi is doing to Internet service," said Yuka Nagashima, President of LavaNet. "A growing number of our customers want to take their broadband outside of the home or office. Our partnership with SkyWave gives them a way to do this, and at a preferred rate for being an existing LavaNet customer."
Additionally, qualified LavaNet business customers can securely leverage their DSL connection and become a SkyWave hotspot location at no cost. To qualify, a LavaNet business customer needs to meet SkyWave's criteria for a hotspot, which can include having a waiting room, lobby, or conference area that would attract WiFi users if a signal was available.
"SkyWave will provide these LavaNet customers with the WiFi equipment, installation, our management software and splash-page branding, marketing materials, and promotional passes," said Joshua Beil, President of SkyWave. "We are quite excited about the opportunity to provide all LavaNet customers with a free trial to our roaming WiFi service and to add select LavaNet customers to our rapidly growing number of partner locations."
At the conclusion of the free trial, LavaNet customers will be able to keep their Skywave account active by signing up for the monthly recurring service. LavaNet customers will get a significant discount off of Skywave's retail price, and the service will simply be added to the customer's monthly bill from LavaNet.
About SkyWave
SkyWave Broadband, Inc. is the owner/operator of the fastest growing network of WiFi hotspots in Hawaii. SkyWave uses complementary technologies to connect people when they roam with Broadband-to-Go. Founded in 2003 and based in Honolulu, SkyWave provides high-speed Wi-Fi (802.11) and other wireless access solutions to commercial, retail, and residential clients and to government agencies including the City & County of Honolulu on the Open Sky Network.
About LavaNet
Hawaii's leading Internet solutions provider since 1994, LavaNet is among Hawaii's most prominent providers of creative services and technology solutions, consistently ranking in Pacific Business News' annual "Book of Lists" for leading high tech and design firms. LavaNet has been favorably mentioned in the media as far away as Chicago, London and Japan. LavaNet won Pacific Business News' "Best in Business" award (11/02) as the best run Hawaii business in the category of "businesses with revenues of under $10 million per year". Other awards include the Honolulu Weekly's "Best of Honolulu" award (every year since the category was created in1995), and the 1999 & 2000 Pacific Business News "Fastest 50" awards
Media Contacts:
Joshua Beil
President & Cofounder
josh@skywavebroadband.net
808.286.3774
Yuka Nagashima President
president@lava.net
808.545.5282
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