Stockholm, 2009-10-07 – The Cloud, Europe’s largest independent provider of mobile WiFi broadband has extended its partnership with SkiStar. Vemdalen in Sweden has become the latest ski resort to offer its customers fast, secure, mobile WiFi broadband through The Cloud.
A ski resort like Vemdalen can have the same capacity demands as a minor city particularly during peak season. The agreement will enable SkiStar Vemdalen’s customers to access The Cloud’s mobile broadband network allowing them to enjoy rich online experiences on the move.
The rollout follows a similar successful project in Hemsedal and Trysil, which enables all mobile devices to connect to WiFi through The Cloud or directly through service providers such as Tele2, Telenor and iPass amongst others.
The agreement is to cover the whole of Vemdalen in three phases; phase 1 is to be launched in December 2009 and includes Vemdalsskalet. Phase 2 and 3 also includes Björnrike and Klövsjö.
“Following the successful launch in Hemsedal, The Cloud was an obvious choice for the project in Vemdalen,” said, Torgny Svensson CEO at SkiStar Vemdalen. “Customers in Vemdalen can now expect to connect their laptop or mobile device to a high capacity indoor and outdoor Internet network simply and securely.”
“Skistar is a key partner for The Cloud as we continue our aggressive roll out of high capacity wireless broadband services in Sweden,” said Roald Sandén Country Manager at The Cloud Nordic.
For further information please contact:
Malin Häggblad,
Communication Manager,
Skistar Vemdalen,
+46 70208 6062
malin.haggblad@skistar.com
Magnus Ahlström,
Marketing Director The Cloud Nordic,
+46 709 468 000
magnus.ahlstrom@thecloud.net
About SkiStar
SkiStar is listed on OMX Mid Cap Stockholm. The Group owns and operates alpine destinations in Sälen, Åre and Vemdalen in Sweden, and Hemsedal and Trysil in Norway. The Company’s market share of ski-pass sales in Scandinavia amounts to 41%.
The core business is alpine skiing, with a focus on the guest’s overall skiing experience. Operations are divided into two business areas: Destinations, which consists of skiing, accommodation services, ski school and ski rentals, as well as Property, which includes construction and development.
SkiStar’s vision is to create memorable winter experiences as the leading operator of European alpine destinations. For further information visit www.skistar.com
About The Cloud
The Cloud was launched in 2003 and is privately owned. It has established itself as the European independent market leader in wireless broadband services.
The company provides fast food chains, many hundreds of hotels, retailers, major transport hubs, city councils and regional authorities with state of the art WiFi solutions that offer mobile customers a fast, simple and cost effective means to connect to the Internet over laptops, mobile phones and mobile entertainment devices