ICOA Launches 40th Marina Wi-Fi Hot Zone With Port of Oakland
January 13 2005 - 10:43AM
PR Newswire (US)
ICOA Launches 40th Marina Wi-Fi Hot Zone With Port of Oakland
WARWICK, R.I., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ICOA, Inc.
(OTC:ICOA) (BULLETIN BOARD: ICOA) , a leading provider of
neutral-host wireless broadband Internet networks and managed
services in airports, restaurants, marinas and hot zones, announced
today that its iDock division launched its 40th marina Wi-Fi hot
zone at Almar Marinas' Central Basin in the Port of Oakland. ICOA
also announced its plans to expand its coverage over the entire
Port of Oakland marina facility during the first quarter of 2005.
iDockUSA is the largest provider of marina Wi-Fi zones in the
United States, currently reaching more than 20,000 slips with
broadband wireless coverage. With long-term, multi-year contracts,
iDock already provides broadband wireless coverage to the Port of
Oakland's Jack London Square Marina and will expand service in the
first quarter of 2005 to all Port of Oakland marina facilities,
including Union Point Basin and North Basin to reach more than 400
additional slips. The new deployment in the Port of Oakland
provides wireless Internet service to the entire Central Basin
facility, slips and adjoining public-use facilities. The Port of
Oakland marinas are managed by Almar Marinas. ICOA President Rick
Schiffmann said, "ICOA's broadband wireless solution allows
subscribers in the marine environment to stay in touch, stay
informed and stay safe. The iDockUSA marina Wi-Fi hot zone provides
more than convenience. It also provides the capacity to stay in
touch with home and office as well as obtain in-depth weather
reports and charts and receive real- time safety bulletins at the
slip, in the parking lot or on the water." Boaters with
Wi-Fi-enabled laptops or PDAs can connect to the Internet to check
their e-mail, access their corporate servers, download important
documents and surf the web with convenient and flexible service
plans including a daily rate and monthly or yearly subscription
services. Rates and subscription plans can be found by visiting
http://www.icoacorp.com/ or http://www.idockusa.com/ . About ICOA,
Inc. Headquartered in Warwick, R.I., 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 750 broadband access installations
in high-traffic locations serving tens of millions of annual
patrons, including the San Francisco International Airport (SFO),
Spokane International Airport (GEG), the Greater Baton Rouge, La.
Airport (BTR), Sacramento International Airport (SMF), Manchester
Airport (MHT), Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV),
Fresno-Yosemite International Airport (FYI), Killeen Municipal
Airport (GRK), 450 Panera Bread locations, 40 marinas in California
and Virginia, and hot zones in Lexington, Ky. and Rhode Island's
Newport Harbor. 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: . Detailed information about
ICOA, Inc. can be found on the website http://www.icoacorp.com/ .
An online investor 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 to further understand the results of ICOA.
DATASOURCE: ICOA, Inc. CONTACT: Frank Hawkins or Julie Marshall,
both of Hawk Associates, +1-305-852-2383, or ., for ICOA, Inc. Web
site: http://www.icoacorp.com/ http://www.idockusa.com/
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