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Boingo delivers Wi-Fi, DAS to New York's Citi Field Boingo Wireless is claiming a home run a er Ci Field selected it to deliver new Wi-Fi and cellular network technology in the park, which is home to the New York Mets. A lot of the upgrades are already underway – like in the premium sea ng area behind home plate – so fans will have a be er experience when the baseball season returns in a couple months. Addi onal upgrades will con nue a er that. "They're going to have really phenomenal connec vity across the board" and that includes mobile cke ng, social apps, safety and security, concessions and more, said Boingo Wireless CEO Mike Finley. The distributed antenna system (DAS) that Boingo provides for Ci Field will be a neutral host system that serves all three na onal Tier One U.S. carriers. Boingo's new Port deal The way people a end games in New York might be a li le different than some other places in that they're arriving via ferry, subway, train, bus or automobile, and it's important to have good connec vity all the way around, Finley said. To that point, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey last year inked a new long-term agreement with Boingo to deliver next-genera on cellular and Wi-Fi networks across its por olio of proper es, including airports, crossings, seaport facili es, PATH sta ons and the Midtown Bus Terminal. This marks the 25th year that Boingo has provided Wi-Fi in airports, expanding to connect more places, including more than 70 sports and entertainment venues na onwide across Major League Baseball, the Na onal Football League, Na onal Hockey League and Na onal Basketball Associa on, to name a few. Boingo CEO: Diversified approach There's no cookie cu er approach to providing the connec vity for venues, Finley said. "The big thing is you want to be able to provide the best connec vity, whether it's cellular, licensed or unlicensed or CBRS," he said. "Every ballpark is a li le different." Typically, it's the venue itself that dictates what kind of design they want, built around whatever spectrum each wireless carrier is using. Some stadiums have under-the-seat antennas; others do not. Mum on total head count Boingo was a public company for years but reverted back to a private company in 2021 when it was acquired by Digital Colony Management, now Digital Bridge, for $854 million. Finley declined to say how many people Boingo employs but said it has hired a lot of veterans. The company started targe ng military bases as part of its deployment strategy more than a dozen years ago and now serves close to 100 bases. Boingo's fiber and Wi-Fi deployment at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho last year marked the first-ever commercial Wi-Fi 7 network rollout at a U.S. military base. This year, one of its big projects will be deploying Wi-Fi 7, Wi-Fi 6E and DAS technologies at the Hollywood Burbank Airport replacement terminal ahead of the FIFA World Cup and 2028 Summer Olympic & Paralympic Games. Finley said it's hard to pinpoint Boingo's compe tors because it does so many things in different areas, but he acknowledged that Boldyn Networks, which this week announced a deal with Sea le-Tacoma Interna onal Airport, and tower companies are in the mix. "We are a complete connec vity provider, and we're somewhat unique in that," he said. "We feel strong in that we want to create connec vity using all types – licensed, unlicensed, hybrid – and designing and bringing those together for the best use of the venue … We see different players depending on the ver cal or the opportunity that we're going a er.". Ar cle Credit: h ps://www.fierce-network.com/wireless/boingo- delivers-wi-fi-das-new-yorks-ci -field Talleycom.com SHEET QUARTER 1 2026

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