Wednesday, November 28, 2007

New Skype Phone Firmware

We've updated our firmware for the SMC Skype WiFi phone. You can download the latest version here.

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Monday, November 19, 2007

FON Participates in CBS Project to “Light Up Midtown Manhattan"

CBS has just announced that the launch of its CBS Mobile Zone project to “Light Up Midtown Manhattan with Free Wireless Internet Access”. This is great news for WiFi, free access and for everyone that loves NY. FON was one of CBS’ partners to make this new project a reality. Other partners include the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New York City Transit, as well as several next-generation companies including Tropos, BIG, Ning, Goowy, Veoh, Yelp, 1020, Aptilo and Can-Do Entertainment.

The “CBS Mobile Zone” or “Wi-Fi HotZone” is already up and running in certain areas in Midtown and will be fully operational by the end of the month with a footprint of more than 20 city blocks from Times Square to Central Park South and from 6th Avenue to 8th Avenue.

New Yorkers who access the “CBS Mobile Zone,” will be greeted by an ad-supported homepage that includes hyperlocal content such as breaking local and national news, sports highlights, weather reports, music discovery, wallpapers, ringtones, maps, a social network and the ability to search for nearby restaurants, shops and entertainment complete with geographically-targeted community reviews.

This is another great step forward for WiFi!

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

FON WiFi launches Affiliate Partner Marketing Program on Commission Junction

San Francisco, CA November 12th, 2007 -- FON’s is mission is to make WiFi universal and free worldwide through a global community of ‘Foneros’. In less than two years since its launch, FON has built the world's largest Wi-Fi community with over 530,000 members worldwide. Since opening its US office in San Francisco last year, FON has been focused on growing the base of its ‘Foneros’ (FON Community Members) in the US.

“We are a tech savvy nation whose expectations for internet access are high. People want fast, easy WiFi access - anytime, anywhere. As FON is poised for explosive growth in the U.S. this is an excellent opportunity for our new affiliate partners to contribute to this growth and be rewarded handsomely for their efforts.” says Joanna Reese, Chief Fonera USA.

The FON concept is simple – people share a portion of their WiFi internet connection at home and in exchange can roam on any other FON hotspot around the world for free. FON’s ‘La Fonera’ wireless routers have been designed to enable ‘Foneros’ to share their home Internet access in a completely secure manner by creating two distinct channels – a private channel for the hotspot owner, and a shared channel for the Community.

FON is eager to grow its U.S. membership through its newly launched Affiliate Partner Marketing Program offered through Commission Junction, a ValueClick company based in Santa Barbara, California. The program pays its affiliates (or Publishers as they are known on Commission Junction) a referral commission of 15% to 18% for each sale of FON’s WiFi Router – the device needed to securely share and get free access in the FON Community.

For more information about FON’s new Affiliate Program, go here: http://www.fon.com/en/landing/marketingpartner

The URL for the FON Commission Junction sign up form is: https://signup.cj.com/member/brandedPublisherSignUp.do?air_refmerchantid=2094316

The program is being managed by Jim Gribble of LinkProfits who has been managing affiliate programs for its select group of clients since 1999. Interested parties are encouraged to contact Mr. Gribble with any questions they may have about the program.

Contact:
Jim Gribble
Partner Marketing Manager
Email: affiliates@fon.com
Phone: 301 916-3900

FON WiFi
201 Post Street, 11th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
www.FON.com

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Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Join IN the BT FON Community

As you already know, we have joined forces with BT to offer Internet users in the UK WiFi everywhere. We are asking Britons to "Join IN" the BT FON Community!!!

And now we're proud to show you that FON is "IN" at BT's headquarters in London!

For more about BT FON, visit www.btfon.com