"free-hotspot.com has proven itself as a true Wireless Broadband Innovation Award winner by providing excellence and innovation in a highly competitive market place," said Michael Gebert, co-organiser of the WBI Awards. "free-hotspot.com was selected from more than 150 entrants from 30 countries across the world."

Daniel C. Toomey, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of free-hotspot.com, said: “We are pleased and honoured to be named Best Public Wi-Fi Product from among so many excellent companies and products. We hope that recognition such as this will allow us to accelerate our plans to provide free wireless access throughout Europe.”

About free-hotspot.com:

free-hotspot.com operates Europe’s largest and fastest growing free HotSpot network. The company has launched a pan-European programme to bring free Wi-Fi to cafés, hotels, pubs, restaurants, retail centres, transit centres and other public venues. Under this programme, free-hotspot.com provides the equipment and expertise needed to operate a FREE HotSpot at no cost to the venue owner, and then promotes these free HotSpots through a combination of local and national marketing campaigns. The company maintains Europe’s most comprehensive directory of free HotSpots in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish, which currently lists more than 9,000 locations worldwide.

free-hotspot.com is located in Dublin, Ireland. To learn more about the free HotSpot programme or to find the free HotSpot nearest you, please visit: www.free-hotspot.com.

About the Wireless Broadband Innovation Awards:

WBI Awards Ltd is a Birmingham, UK based independent institution, organising the hotly contested independent Awards for users and service providers of wireless broadband worldwide. The WBI Award categories cover excellence in service provision; in enterprise deployment by the end-user; in product development; and personal and corporate achievement. An independent judging panel has selected the winners, who were announced on May 17th at a gala dinner and awards ceremony at the Café Royal in front of the Who's Who of wireless broadband. To learn more about the WBI Awards please visit: www.wbiawards.com.

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