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Fon pulls in $14M as it partners with Qualcomm and Facebook
2014-01-21 07:17:07| Wireless - Topix.net
The Spanish crowdsourced Wi-Fi firm will create a new "social music" router using a Atheros chipsets with Fon functionality baked into them.
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Fon closes USD 14 mln funding round led by Qualcomm
2014-01-20 16:40:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Global Wi-Fi network Fon has completed financing totalling USD 14 million (EUR 10.3 million). Qualcomm, through its venture capital arm Qualcomm Ventures, led the fundraising round, underscoring its relationship with Fon as a strategic investor. Fon is in the process of developing a new Fon router that combines social Wi-Fi with social music, based on a chipset from Qualcomm Atheros. This new router is expected to be available from Fon in the first half of 2014. At the same time, Qualcomm Atheros is integrating Fon as a feature available via SDK for its chipsets. Other investors participating in the round include Fon's existing investors: Index Ventures, Google, Coral, Atomico and Deutsche Telekom. Fon will use the funds to build out its presence in the US as well as expand its reach into new geographies worldwide. It will also fund new product development, including a new Fon router and its newly developed "Wi-Fi for Business," a Wi-Fi service for small and medium businesses that is expanding the concept of social Wi-Fi into business.
Mweb to expand Wi-Fi network with Fon
2014-01-16 16:43:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) South Africa ISP Mweb has announced a new partnership with Wi-Fi provider Fon. The deal gives Mweb ADSL customers with a Fon-enabled router access to Fon's global community of 12 million Wi-Fi users who share their connections with each other. Using their ADSL login details, Mweb customers with a Fon-enabled router can access the Fon network of hotspots, which currently includes Mweb WiFi Zones and 750 AlwaysOn hotspots in South Africa. More than 30,000 hotspots across the country are expected by the end of 2014. To immediately increase the residential and small office footprint, existing and new Mweb ADSL customers will be offered a free Fon upgrade, including a Fon-enabled Wi-Fi router and Wi-Fi range extender. Mweb CEO Derek Hershaw said the new Fon relationship will complement Mweb's existing WiFi zones and will give customers access to cost-effective, quality mobile internet access and a growing network.
AT&T Teams Up with Fon for Overseas Wi-fi
2013-09-25 04:42:58| Wireless - Topix.net
AT&T offered more Wi-Fi coverage to international roaming customers on Tuesday through a deal with Fon, the Spanish crowdsourced wireless provider that lets users share their Wi-Fi with other Fon members.
AT&T partners with Fon to boost international WiFi hotspot availability
2013-09-25 04:42:57| Wireless - Topix.net
Soon after finalizing an acquisition that will help boost its 4G LTE coverage, AT&T has partnered with Fon to offer a slew of new international wireless hotspots for it subscribers who are traveling overseas.
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