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Friday, July 20, 2007

FON and NEUF CEGETEL begin rollout of new joint service

More good news! We've partnered with Neuf Cegetel. The official press release is below.

FON and NEUF CEGETEL begin rollout of new joint service

The WiFi Community and the French ISP get ready to launch the new Neuf WiFi FON service

Paris, France/Madrid, Spain – July 19, 2007 – FON, the world’s largest WiFi community, and Neuf

Cegetel, France’s leading alternative operator, have entered the final technical phase before the launch of the new Neuf WiFi FON service. Starting on July 19th and throughout the summer, Neuf Cegetel will be integrating FON’s software into all of its Neuf Boxes and officially launch the service at the beginning of September. This free service will enable all Neuf subscribers who own a WiFi Neuf Box to join the FON Community and start sharing some of their Internet connection with the WiFi Community. These users will be able to enjoy free and secure access to every FON WiFi access point (called “FON Spots”) in France and around the world.

Founded in Madrid in 2006, FON aims to stimulate the growth of WiFi access around the world, thanks to its members, also known as “Foneros”. Foneros share some of their broadband Internet connection with other Foneros and in return, can surf the Internet for free on more than 150,000 FON Spots worldwide.

To join the FON Community, Neuf Cegetel subscribers will need to activate the service using the free activation wizard available for download on the Neuf and FON websites. More experienced users will be able to activate the Neuf WiFi FON service directly from the management console of their Neuf Box. Once the service has been activated, the Neuf Box will begin emitting a WiFi signal called “Neuf WiFi FON”.

WiFi aficionados who are not Neuf Cegetel subscribers can join the FON Community by purchasing the “La Fonera”, FON’s own WiFi Router. With the “La Fonera”, a user will be able to enjoy free and unlimited WiFi access on any FON-enabled Neuf Box and any FON Spot in France and all over the world.

This partnership with Neuf Cegetel reinforces FON's close ties with other major ISPs, such as Time Warner Cable, and is the first one to fully integrate an ISP's WiFi capabilities with those of FON.

About FON
Viva Free WiFi - FON is the world’s largest WiFi community. FON’s mission is to stimulate the growth of WiFi around the world by creating a global community of “Foneros”. FON’s La Fonera routers have been designed to enable Foneros to share their home Internet access in a completely secure manner. Founded in February 2006 in Madrid, Spain, FON investors include Google, Skype, Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital.


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