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Den Haag, 8-11-07

Trustive, Europe’s leading wireless hotspot access provider, and Royal KPN, the leading Dutch mobile and fixed telecommunication operator, today announced that they have signed a roaming agreement. Through this agreement KPN will now be able to provide its mobile customers access to Trustive’s global hotspot network, while Trustive will be able to do so at all KPN HotSpots in the Netherlands.

Trustive currently covers over 32,000 hotspots worldwide, including all major EU airports such as Paris, Milan, London, Copenhagen and Brussels Airport. Trustive’s WiFi locations will be in addition to 59.000 foreign locations that KPN already offers to customers. The partnership with Trustive is in line with KPN’s goal to offer its customers the best connections possible and help them stay in touch with the people and the information they find indispensable.

Martijn de Kinkelder, general manager of KPN HotSpots: “This agreement complements our network very well. We can provide our customers with high-quality hotspot coverage, especially in Europe where Trustive has very strong presence, including all major airports. Trustive also offers the additional option of a KPN-branded login page for greater user-friendliness.”

Gavin Dresselhuis, co-founder and managing director of Trustive: “We are delighted to be helping KPN provide WiFi access to its customers. With the addition of another major European operator, this further strengthens Trustive’s leading position in the European WiFi hotspot market.”

About Trustive

Trustive is Europe’s leading wireless hotspot access provider and one of the fastest growing in the world. Through roaming agreements, Trustive is meeting the end-user demand for access to a global network of hotspots by offering a unified service through an easy-to-use user interface. Trustive is targeting both the retail and wholesale markets. Among Trustive wholesale customers are SFR, Vodafone Italy, Vodafone Netherlands, The Telefonica Group, Swisscom Mobile and KPN.

Trustive covers most major European airports and many other prime locations and includes over 32,000 hotspots across 70 different network providers.

As part of a partnership with the WiMAX Spectrum Owners Alliance (WiSOA), Trustive provides services for unified clearance, billing and interconnection amongst WiMAX and WiFi networks creating one global wireless IP clearing and roaming platform.

Created in 2003, Trustive is a privately-held company with headquarters in Amsterdam and R&D offices in Sophia Antipolis, France.

See for more information: http://corporate.trustive.com.