Grande Wi-Fi Deal for Tomizone

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Grande Wi-Fi Deal for Tomizone
Deal Sees Tomizone Wi-Fi Provider For Starbucks In Australasia

Auckland, 20 July 2009 – Tomizone, the largest Wi-Fi service provider in Australasia announced today that it has launched its leading Wi-Fi Hotspot services to 42 Starbucks Coffee outlets across New Zealand.

The agreement follows a similar arrangement with Starbucks Coffee in Australia, says Tomizone CEO, Steve Simms, where Tomizone provides Wi-Fi to their stores across Australia.

Starbucks customers will be able to use the Wi-Fi services from today at affodable rates, a factor that helped Restaurant Brands reach agreement with Tomizone.

Simms says that the Starbucks announcement caps off a six month period of extraordinary growth for Tomizone that has seen the Company conclude several major Wi-Fi deals with large retail brands and chains across both China and India.

“We are delighted to be able to expand our Wi-Fi Hotspot footprint in New Zealand and provide Internet connectivity services to Starbucks’ many customers. With the use of portable technology devices growing exponentially, we are seeing very heavy demand for wireless Internet connectivity in places like coffee shops, cafes, campuses and public areas. Wi-Fi service in popular places like Starbucks is now the expectation of today’s tech-savvy consumer.”

Starbucks New Zealand General Manager, Chris Buddle, says Starbucks is all about enabling connections between people and information over a cup of coffee.

“By working with Tomizone we are pleased to provide our customers with the best value offer in our Starbucks stores and to partner with another locally focussed global company "

Tomizone has more than 15,000 Wi-Fi Hotspot locations in Australasia, where anyone can connect to the Internet with their Wi-Fi laptop or Internet-capable gadget (such as iPhone, Blackberry or Wi-Fi enabled mobile).

Providing Wi-Fi services to customers is a value-added initiative that increasing numbers of retailers are offering, says Simms.

“Our affordable solution lets anyone share a broadband connection securely and make money from it by becoming a Tomizone Hotspot or Wi-Fi Zone. It makes for good business, for both our customers and us.”

About Tomizone
Tomizone is a global company headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand with offices in Sydney and Bangalore and is the largest provider of Wi-Fi Hotspots in Australasia with over 13,000 Hotspots and Wi-Fi Zones in the region along with connectivity to over 2,000 Hotspots in China.

Tomizone provides turnkey Wi-Fi Hotspot and Metro Wi-Fi Zone solutions in the consumer, small business, enterprise and service provider sectors utilising the Tomizone Proprietary Billing Service Platform, which governs Internet usage and payments. Tomizone enabled Wi-Fi hardware is ISP agnostic and lets anyone share a broadband connection securely and make money from it by becoming a Tomizone Wi-Fi Hotspot or Wi-Fi Zone.

For more information, please visit www.tomizone.com

About Starbucks
Since 1971, Starbucks Coffee Company has been committed to ethically sourcing and roasting the highest quality arabica coffee in the world. Today, with stores around the globe, the company is the premier roaster and retailer of specialty coffee in the world. Through our unwavering commitment to excellence and our guiding principles, we bring the unique Starbucks Experience to life for every customer through every cup. To share in the experience, please visit us in our stores or online at www.starbucks.com.

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