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Websitefon.com
Blogfon.com/en/extern...
CategoryConsumer Web
Phone677923012
Email
Employees
DescriptionWireless networking community

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Madrid, ESP
Avenida Bruselas, 7
Madrid, 28100, ESP

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CEO, Fon USA
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fon is a startup wifi company attempting to turn your business or home wifi router into a link in a network of publicly accessible hotspots. Users who opt to share their WiFi with others and become “Foneros” will gain access to the rest of the free Fon Network. Although ISP’s have traditionally banned the resale of sharing of their broadband connection, Fon believes it is in the interest of and ISP to offer their clients entrance into a free network of hotspots.

Some ISPs are believers including Time Warner Cable, British Telecom and Neuf (France) which all endrose Fon’s WiFi sharing across their networks. Fon’s currently has the largest free hotspot network and will continue to grow assuming more partnerships materialize.

Fon has a slew of big investors which include strategic investors as well as venture funds: Google, Skype, Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Excite and Digital Garage. British Telecom, with whom Fon has a distribution partnership, is also an investor in the company. The Company has raised around $35 million.

Milestones

  • Received €6M in Series C funding. (4/10/08)
    Posted 4/10/08 at 9:49am
  • Received €10M in Series B funding. (3/7/07)
    Posted 3/11/08 at 11:33am
  • Received €18M in Series A funding. (2/6/06)
    Posted 3/11/08 at 11:33am
  • Marc Sawmer, Board added.
    Posted 10/4/07 at 2:36am
  • Yat Siu, Manager, China Operations added.
    Posted 3/11/08 at 11:22am
  • Stefano Vitta, Manager, Italy Operations added.
    Posted 3/11/08 at 11:22am
  • Ola Ahlvarsson, Manager, Sweeden Operations added.
    Posted 3/11/08 at 11:22am
  • Jean Bernard Magescas, Manager, France Operations added.
    Posted 3/11/08 at 11:22am
  • Alexander Puregger, FON Asia Regional Manager added.
    Posted 3/11/08 at 11:22am
  • Robert Lang, European Business Development Lead added.
    Posted 3/11/08 at 11:22am
  • Joi Ito, Investor via Digital Garage added.
    Posted 2/6/08 at 6:45pm
  • Ethan Zuckerman, Board added.
    Posted 10/4/07 at 2:38am
  • David Weinberger, Board added.
    Posted 10/4/07 at 2:38am
  • Wendy Seltzer, Board added.
    Posted 10/4/07 at 2:36am
  • Yi Kai, Manager, Taiwan Operations added.
    Posted 3/11/08 at 11:22am
  • Christiane zu Salm, Board added.
    Posted 10/4/07 at 2:36am
  • Andrew Rasiej, Board added.
    Posted 10/4/07 at 2:36am
  • Tariq Krim, Advisor added.
    Posted 10/4/07 at 2:35am
  • Dan Gillmor, Board added.
    Posted 10/4/07 at 2:34am
  • Esther Dyson, Board added.
    Posted 10/4/07 at 2:33am
  • Jon Berrojalbiz, Board added.
    Posted 10/4/07 at 2:33am
  • Junichi Fujimoto, CEO, Fon Japan added.
    Posted 10/4/07 at 2:32am
  • Antonio Saez, CEO, Fon Spain added.
    Posted 10/4/07 at 2:32am
  • Joanna Rees, CEO, Fon USA added.
    Posted 10/4/07 at 2:31am
  • Antonio Fuentes, CFO added.
    Posted 10/4/07 at 2:30am
  • Martin Varsavsky, Founder and CEO added.
    Posted 10/4/07 at 2:29am
  • Jordi Vallejo, CTO added.
    Posted 9/30/08 at 6:55pm
  • Alberto Naranjo Galet, Tech Advisor added.
    Posted 6/21/09 at 8:54am
  • Marko Ahtisaari, Advisor added.
    Posted 10/21/09 at 12:18pm

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Websitefon.com
Tags wifi
Fon screenshot
Above: FON Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 2/5/08

Twitxr

Websitetwitxr.com
StageLive
Launch DateFebruary 1, 2008

Twitxr is a Twitter-like service, launched by FON Labs in February 2008, that allows the user to post a brief text message and photo. They’ve also created software which allows direct posting from the iPhone.

Fon screenshot
Above: Sample user page
Uploaded: 2/17/08

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