ICOA to Provide Airport-Wide Amenity Wi-Fi for Brunswick Golden Isles Airport (BQK)
April 26 2005 - 10:28AM
PR Newswire (US)
ICOA to Provide Airport-Wide Amenity Wi-Fi for Brunswick Golden
Isles Airport (BQK) WARWICK, R.I., April 26 /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, announced today that it
has signed an agreement with the Glynn County Airport Commission to
provide public and private Wi-Fi solutions throughout the Brunswick
Golden Isles Airport terminal in Brunswick, Ga. The airport serves
more than 80,000 passengers annually. With the addition of BQK,
ICOA's Airport Network Solutions will be operational in 10
airports, serving over 25 million airline passengers annually. ICOA
will provide design, deployment, management, maintenance, ongoing
customer care and the full suite of its back-office solutions,
including authentication and reporting. The new high-speed
broadband wireless Internet network will offer passengers secure,
convenient wireless Internet access at no charge from anywhere in
the terminal. It will provide WLAN services for airport
administration and operations functions, airlines and airport
concessionaires. The public service does not require users to
install or use proprietary software. The neutral-host network will
also allow subscribers of branded Wi- Fi services, such as iPass
and Boingo, access to the network as well. 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 at no charge. Rick
Schiffmann, CEO of ICOA, said, "Our leading-edge solutions are a
perfect complement to Glynn County's new state-of-the-art terminal
facility. We are delighted that the commission has selected ICOA to
design, deploy, maintain and manage this valuable service for its
operations and passengers." Steve Brian, executive director of BQK,
said, "The Brunswick Golden Isles Airport is pleased to have ICOA
as its Wi-Fi provider. We believe this will be an important
addition to the outstanding facilities that will meet the growing
communication needs of the passengers who come through our airport
every year as well as everyone who works at the airport." ICOA's
airport network also includes Spokane International Airport (GEG),
the Greater Baton Rouge, Louisiana Airport (BTR), Sacramento
International Airport (SMF), Manchester Airport (MHT),
Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV), Fresno-Yosemite
International Airport (FYI), Killeen Municipal Airport (GRK),
Norfolk International Airport (ORF) and Charleston International
Airport (CHS). About Brunswick Golden Isles Airport The Brunswick
Golden Isles Airport serves southeast Georgia with four in- bound
and four out-bound flights between Brunswick and Atlanta daily. The
new Wi-Fi services provided by ICOA will be one of the amenities
offered to passengers as part of the new 33,500 square-foot airline
terminal facility. The new terminal is designed with the
hospitality of the Golden Isles as its primary focus. The facility
is capable of housing up to two commercial airline operations and
will have the latest services and security features to ensure the
safe and efficient flow of passengers to and from Brunswick.
Construction is slated for completion in the summer of 2005. About
ICOA, Inc. ICOA, Inc. is a leading 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, marinas, hospitality and hot
zone locations. ICOA currently owns or operates over 1,000
broadband access installations in high-traffic locations across 44
states. For additional information, visit http://www.icoacorp.com/
. An investment profile about ICOA may be found online at
http://www.hawkassociates.com/icoa/profile.htm . For more
information, contact Frank Hawkins or Julie Marshall, Hawk
Associates, at (305) 852-2383, e-mail: . An online investor
relations kit containing ICOA press releases, SEC filings, current
Level II price quotes, interactive Java stock charts and other
useful information for investors can be found at
http://www.hawkassociates.com/ and http://www.hawkmicrocaps.com/ .
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
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