Press Release
For Immediate Release

Bristol's Broadmead First UK City Centre to Implement Wi-Fi
First city wireless hotspot goes live today

Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, UK, 13 August 2004 - Bristol's central shopping area, Broadmead has gone live today with its implementation of a KooKu wi-fi hotspot, enabling anyone to access their emails and the internet from laptops and PDAs without cables.

The centre is the first public area in the country to make a wireless computer network available to anyone with wireless hardware, without the need to enter a hotel, bar or café. , Behind this new development are KooKu, a provider of fully secure of wi-fi hotspot solutions and Bristol-based SoVision, part of Line International. SoVision has installed secure hardware and software, including a virtual payment platform, ADSL connection and is taking responsibility for the content of the login screen.

For the next month, the service will be available to everyone free of charge. After that time, users will pay as they go, using a newly developed payment system from KooKu. The new system allows everyone to buy units of time, but rather than having to sacrifice it if a user logs off before the time limit, it allows them to carry the credit with them.

John Hirst, Broadmead manager enthused: "We are really proud to be the first in the UK to install a wi-fi hotspot in the heart of a city centre. After SoVision had shown me what was possible, I kept wondering why no-one else had thought of this before. Using it in the Broadmead environment fits perfectly with our European culture of coffee shop meetings."

Brian Carpenter, managing director of Line International said: "Providing the ability to walk into an area and simply log onto the internet or access emails, makes this an exciting technology application. We have worked hard to develop this solution with KooKu to ensure that it is simple to use and extremely secure. Based on our experience, we are confident that this service will be invaluable to people either living or visiting the area."

With its high profile, internet security is at the forefront of everyone's mind when using this type of technology. Kooku has taken a number of measures to ensure that each person can use the Broadmead wi-fi with confidence. They are:

• Each users name and password is unique
• There is no way to log on to another user
• It is not possible to hack into the central hardware

KooKu, responsible for the development of the WiFi system has teamed with SoVision to test the security, which has proved itself time and time again. Jeff Martin, sales director of KooKu said: "The KooKu system is proving itself time and time again, with its high level of security, ease of use by customers and its adaptability allowing it to be deployed in a variety of different locations with equal success, we are pleased to be part of this ground breaking solution."

About Kooku

KooKu™ is part of the Chronos Technology Group based in Gloucestershire, UK, with offices in Stockholm, Sweden and Vancouver, Canada, which is a business to business specialist provider and system integrator of technical solutions for telecom networks, satellite communication, remote monitoring applications, line of site radio and RF equipment designers.

For more information and photography, please contact:
Jeff Martin
KooKu Limited
Tel: +44 (0)8454 66 00 11
Email: jeff.martin@kooku.com

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