Mitsui invests in Boingo, Brightstar.(News)

RCR Wireless News, August, 2006

Boingo Wireless Inc., a wholesale network aggregator and operator of Wi-Fi networks, raised $65 million in Series C funding from new and existing investors. Boingo said the funds will provide long-term capital and underwrite its acquisition of Concourse Communications Group L.L.C., operator of airport Wi-Fi hot spots.

Boingo recently acquired the company for an undisclosed price. Mitsui & Co. led the funding round, while new investors Steelpoint Capital Partners and Red Rock Ventures also participated. In separate news, mobile-phone distributor Brightstar Corp. received a $50 million investment from partner Mitsui & Co. Ltd. Brightstar said it plans to use the cash to expand its new operations in Southeast Asia.

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