Press Release
For Immediate Release

KooKu Becomes Condé Nast Johansens' Preferred Wireless Internet Hotspot Communications Provider

Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, UK, 7 January 2004 - KooKu Ltd, the WiFi hotspot provider, today announced its exclusive partnership with Condé Nast Johansens. Condé Nast Johansens will exclusively promote KooKu as the official preferred wireless internet communications provider. This exclusive partnership will offer all Condé Nast Johansens' recommended hotels the opportunity to join the worldwide KooKu network of Wi-Fi hotspots. KooKu will be introduced to the partner hotels over the next few months as the Wi-Fi supplier.

Phil Rouse, Managing Director at KooKu explained: "We are delighted that the Condé Nast Johansens hotels will be joining the growing number of KooKu hotspots around the world. This prestigious partnership is a significant milestone on KooKu's roadmap. The similarities between Condé Nast Johansens and KooKu's ethos regarding quality, good service and delivering excellence will provide the recommendations with an exclusive product.

Andrew Warren, Managing Director of Condé Nast Johansens, said, "Before appointing KooKu, Condé Nast Johansens conducted a survey amongst a selection of our members to determine their interest in wireless internet access. The very positive responses received, as well as requests for further information on "Wi-Fi", convinced us that this was certainly an area of great interest and one in which KooKu could definitely offer comprehensive advice and help."

KooKu was chosen due to the quality of service through to the venues and end users alike, high customers service levels, innovative use of technology deployed in a sympathetic way. The flexible branding options fit well into the Conde Nast Johansens ethos of individuality, allowing each hotelier to promote his own brand.

KooKu™'s prepaid system allows complete flexibility of service provision and removes the requirement for credit checks, credit card support, etc. Alternatively KooKu will integrate into the hotel's own billing platform as required. Any 802.11a/b/g or fixed line Ethernet device can be configured or virtually upgraded to operate on the KooKu™ network.

About Condé Nast Johansens

Conde Nast Johansens is the most comprehensive illustrated reference to annually inspected, independently owned accommodation and meetings venues throughout Great Britain, Europe and North America.

The objective is to maintain the trust of guide users by recommending by annual inspection a careful choice of accommodation offering quality, excellent service and value for money.

Our team of 50 dedicated Regional Inspectors visit thousands of hotels, country houses, inns and resorts throughout 39 countries in order to select some of the very best for recommendation in the 2004 editions of the guides. No hotel can appear unless it meets their exacting standards.

For more information on Condé Nast Johansens, as well as the Wi-Fi survey results, please contact Fiona Patrick, Client Services Director, Condé Nast Johansens, Old Hazelwood Farmhouse, Bottle Lane, Binfield, Berkshire RG42 5RX, tel: 01344 306650.

About Kooku

KooKu™ is part of the Chronos Technology Group based in Gloucestershire, UK, with offices in Stockholm, Sweden and Florida, USA, 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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