Established in 2002, “Bert’s Contemporary Cafés” offer a truly sophisticated eating experience, providing nutritious and wholesome food in a refined setting. “Thanks to free-hotspot.com, we can bring a new service to respond to the needs of our clients keen to connect to their professional environment or the rest of the world,” said François Caffray, Marketing Project Manager for Bert’s. From now on the company also recommends that its franchises adopt the service of free-hotspot.com in all of its outlets. Currently three restaurants in greater Paris have free-hotspot.com installations and four more are expected by the end of November 2006.

“We are pleased to be associated with “Bert’s Café Contemporain”, a chain of restaurants known for its quality, innovation and creativity,” said Joe Brunoli, Vice President HotSpot Market Development for free-hotspot.com. “The adoption of our services by a marketing-savvy group attests to the fact that our FREE HotSpot programme builds customer loyalty while attracting more customers.”

About free-hotspot.com:
free-hotspot.com operates Europe’s largest and fastest growing free wireless network. The company currently operates more than 500 free HotSpots in 14 countries throughout Europe. Its HotSpots are located in cafés, hotels, pubs, restaurants, retail centres, transit centres and other public venues. To gain access to the company’s free wireless Internet service, users agree to watch an advertisement. For this innovation, free-hotspot.com received the prestigious WBI (Wireless Broadband Innovation) Award for Best Public Wi-Fi Product 2006.

free-hotspot.com supports an active user community and helps more than 30,000 people each month locate free hotspots. The company operates the industry’s most comprehensive directory of free HotSpots, which currently lists more than 10,000 free wireless Internet locations worldwide. To learn more about the free HotSpot programme or to find the free HotSpot nearest you, please visit: http://www.free-hotspot.com.

About Bert’s Café Contemporain :
Established in 2002, Bert's is an innovative concept of high-end fast food with a motto of “eat fast, eat well, eat healthy”. Elegant yet cosy, Bert's is dramatically different from traditional fast-food restaurants: warm décor and quality food. The company’s philosophy is to provide its clients with a healthy, well-balanced meal in a relaxed and inviting atmosphere.

For more information on the Bert’s concept, the products and various locations or to know more about its delivery service, please visit : www.berts.com

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