Subject: [NEXTEL-1] FootLoose- Mobile phone retail group enters Wi-Fi market

From: Marcel <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 17:03:17 -0500

. Mobile phone retail group enters Wi-Fi market

Mobile phone retail group Wireless Retail said it plans to launch a Wi-Fi subsidiary
called
Footloose Networks, which will offer carrier-agnostic Wi-Fi services across the U.S.
Wireless Retail said it plans to build on its existing network of 1,400 retail outlets,
most of
which are located in existing store chains like Wal-Mart. Footloose will act as a national

reseller of existing Wi-Fi service plans, targeting both enterprise and retail customers.

http://www.footloosenetworks.com/

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“With the entry of FootLoose into the marketplace, subscribing to Wi-Fi,
the next ‘must have’ technology for everyone from business travelers to students, is becoming
as easy as signing up for a mobile phone. Leveraging its parent company’s distribution
footprint, one of the largest in the mobile phone industry, a FootLoose Wi-Fi subscription
will soon be available at stores nationwide.”

Andrew M. Seybold

Editor-in-Chief
The Forbes/Andrew Seybold’s Wireless Outlook

“The advent of Wi-Fi is about to change all our lives in a major – and positive
– way …. Wi-Fi is one of those grassroots phenomena that will soon become as ubiquitous as the
PC itself.”

c/net News.com

8/21/02
"Wi-Fi and free lunches"

“Use of Wi-Fi networks is spreading from technology enthusiasts to a mainstream
audience. The Gartner Group is forecasting 99 million Wi-Fi users by 2006.”

USA Today

11/14/02

“If any one technology has emerged the past few years that will be explosive in its
impact, it’s 802.11.”

Bill Gates

Chairman of Microsoft
Gannett News Service, 12/25/01

“Wireless Wizardry”

“Wi-Fi, the catchy name applied to a networking technology standard known officially
as IEEE 802.11b, is seemingly everywhere these days. First it invaded airports and well-traveled
notebook computers, seemingly simultaneously, giving its users the ability to check e-mail and read
Web pages at snappy speeds without needing any additional wiring.”

Forbes.com

6/17/02
“Wireless From Day One”

Become A FootLoose HotSpot

We’re FootLoose Networks, the country’s fastest growing service for Wi-Fi (802.11b) connectivity.
We’re creating the largest shared network of hot spots with single and multiple high-speed access points.

Imagine being able to access your e-mail, personal and business computer files and the Internet from
thousands of hot spots at airports, restaurants, convenience stores, convention centers, campgrounds and many other
locations regardless of your carrier. If you’re ready to free yourself from the tyranny of cables and wires,
FootLoose has a solution that’s right for you.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Dec. 9, 2002
"Wireless Retail, Inc. announces the launch of a new subsidiary, FootLoose Networks,
Inc., to facilitate the build-out of a carrier-agnostic, unified national network of shared Wi-Fi hotspots. Wi-Fi,
another name for 802.11b, is the most popular worldwide standard for creating wireless local area networks in
offices, homes and public spaces. FootLoose Networks plans to become the catalyst for cooperation among the nation’s
wireless carriers by providing a straightforward, cost-sharing model for the build-out and ongoing maintenance of a single
aggregated national network. FootLoose will offer enterprise customers and consumers alike multiple service and payment
options, including subscribing for service through their own wireless carrier’s data plans and including such charges on
their current wireless phone bill."

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