Trustive expands Asia-Pacific network with Taiwan mobile operator

London - Amsterdam - 6 April 2004

Trustive, Europe's premier independent wireless Internet access provider, announced a major expansion of its virtual hotspot network in the Asia-Pacific region together with Mobile Operator MoBiTai Communications in Taiwan. The announcement was made at London's Wireless Lan Event, Europe's largest Wi-Fi show.

This most recent round of growth adds 500 hotspots to the Trustive network, lifts Trustive's hotspot total to 2,750 (1,700 are now live) and secures its position in Asia-Pacific with MoBiTai's "mobee LAN" 110 hotspots. Trustive also announced partner agreements in Ireland and the Czech Republic, bringing its coverage to 23 countries in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and the Americas. A complete hotspot list is available at Trustive's revamped website, www.trustive.com.

"Adding Mobitai's hotspots to our network opens new markets for us in Asia-Pacific and also gives our customers true worldwide wireless freedom," said Gavin Dresselhuis, Trustive Managing Director.

Joseph Lin, director of WLAN/Broadband Services at MoBiTai, which serves more than 800,000 customers, said, "We are excited to be part of the Trustive Worldwide Network. Trustive is a very dynamic and fast moving company within the WLAN market, not only on customer acquisition, but also in regards to expanding their network. We would see a long-term relation ahead where our customers will also be able to use the Trustive Virtual Network in the future."

About MoBiTai

MoBiTai Communications, an established GSM operator in Taiwan, a joint venture including Teco, Tecom, Japan Telecom, Sumitomo, F.C. Lai Lai Department Store and Far Eastern Textile. Through its latest projects, MoBiTai has evolved its operational platform to support GPRS (2.5G) services and WLAN services and is working towards future support of Beyond 3G (B3G) services. For more information please visit www.mobitai.com.tw.

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