Wednesday, April 9, 2008
The World's Biggest Mexican Wave
BT and FON have launched The World's Biggest Mexican Wave! The wave is a fun way to spread the word about FON. Anyone can participate by following the instructions here. The wave is catching on! You can read more about it in The Sun article. We've got Peter Crouch and Jennifer Metcalfe signed up too!
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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
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
FON ‘Would they Share?’ Video Contest
We had so much fun creating our Matador videos, we want to share the fun by inviting you to create your own video. The winner will get two roundtrip tickets to Madrid, Spain, a tour & visit with the FON team at our HQ offices, and a three night stay at Martin Varsarsky’s (FON’s founder and CEO) farm in Menorca, Spain! You can find all the details and rules here!
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Thursday, September 13, 2007
Would They Share?
We have launched wouldtheyshare.com, a website about whether Britain is a sharing nation. We want to spread the word about FON in the UK, and for that reason we created wouldtheyshare.com. Our site reveals the Brits' attitudes towards sharing, and we are giving away 100 La Fonera+ among people who answer our daily sharing question and register at fon.com. And there is more! Amongst this month's voters, we are giving away a trip to Madrid (flight + hotel) for two people. Check the details here: http://www.wouldtheyshare.com/win.php
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Friday, July 6, 2007
Last Call; Fon Beta Testers Program
Due to the excellent reception of the beta testing program, we are glad to inform you that we are extending the registration date until the end of July (July 31st 2007). Hundreds of users have already been chosen to participate actively with FON.
If you are interested in being part of this FON Beta Test team, just send an e-mail to:
beta@fon.com
In order to do so you must comply with the following requirements:
- Be over 18 years old.
- Be an English speaker, as all communications related to this program will be sent to you in this language.
- Have a registered FON user name that has been active for over 6 months.
- Have a La Fonera installed and registered for over 4 months.
- Live in one of the following countries in which we are currently selling our products:
Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, U.S.A., Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
If you are chosen, as a member of our Beta Tester´s Team, you will have access to our new products and you will be able to test them before anybody else. This will help us improve them with your ideas and feedback.
We hope you are one of the lucky Foneros selected. Keep enjoying our products as much as we enjoy developing them!
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Fiesta Fonera!
Today we're celebrating! You have probably already noticed our new web page. That's not where it ends! Below is a quick overview of what's happening today with links to more details!
1. La Fontenna available in our shops.
2. We're launching WifiAds where Bills earn 5 cents per ad shown!
3. Bills can now roam free – everyone can become a Bill!
4. Foneros in Spain can enjoy the new SMS payment system.
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Thursday, June 7, 2007
FON Employees in Business Week!
Two of my co-workers, Victor and Albert Martin, have been nominated for Europe’s Entrepreneurs 2007 by Business Week! The contest is for European entrepreneurs under 25 years of age whose start-ups show the most promise. Victor and Albert (brothers) are the force behind Moneytrackin. Your votes decide the winner!
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
FON is a Webware 100 Finalist!
The Webware 100 Awards are a prize given by CNET, and FON has been selected as a finalist in the communications category by CNET's editors, with another 250 companies among a total of 2000. Now, users around the world will decide which services are the 100 best (there will be 10 winners in each of the 10 categories), by voting on Webware.com. User voting for the Webware 100 will be open from Wednesday May 23 at Noon Pacific Time until 9:00 AM June 11.
All Foneros around the world can vote for FON here!!!
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Thursday, March 22, 2007
Malaga becoming first Fonero City!
Malaga Spain is becoming the world's first Fonero city! (we already have Fonero towns but not a city of over half a million people). City Hall is already a FONspot and the city of Malaga is putting up FON Routers and Fontennas in all of its public buildings. FON will donate over 2000 La Foneras to Malaga's citizens who will place them in their windows. Malaga is a popular destination, its airport has 13 million passengers per year. These visitors will get free WiFi if they are Foneros anywhere in the planet or can pay 3 euros per day if they are not. FON's model was chosen over the Muni WiFi model that the city first considered because our model involves citizen participation, is extremely inexpensive for cities, and has the collaboration of ISPs and telcos who sell more broadband connections. Thank you, Malaga!
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Monday, February 5, 2007
Happy Birthday FON!
February 6th is FON's first birthday! The team will be celebrating with a party at Teatro Lara in Madrid! Looking back we've accomplished a lot in our first year and we've got much more to come!
Update: to celebrate we're giving away free La Foneras! Follow this link!
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Thursday, December 21, 2006
Invitation Program in Europe and USA – Free Foneras!
Starting December 21st Foneros in Europe and the USA can invite their friends to join FON and receive a free La Fonera! If you have an active Access Point you are eligible to participate in our “Fonero Gets Fonero” campaign.
Martin Varsavsky, founder and CEO of FON, regards the "Fonero gets Fonero" campaign as a gift to the Community:
"It is Christmas time and we want to thank our loyal FONeros and reward their trust and commitment by offering them the opportunity to give new community members a Christmas present. At the same time, it is they who decide which friends they most want to surf with. In this way, they enlarge the community with FONspots in sought-after locations."
It’s easy and your friends get a La Fonera mailed to them free!
Click here for details!
Update: In Europe you will receive 1 invite at a time. When your friend activates La Fonera your next invite will appear!
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Thursday, November 23, 2006
Swedish, Finnish and Danish Foneros - free La Fonera
Between now and Christmas Swedish, Finnish and Danish foneros can get their foneras for free at FON!
When you access the site it will state the cost is 29.95 euros. However when you go to the Swedish, Danish and Finnish shops the fonera is FREE for those countries. No credit card information is required. We do ask you to promise to be a good fonero, it is a promise, not a contract. All you need to do is agree that you will keep your fonera on or else pass it on to another fonero who says he/she will.
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Saturday, November 4, 2006
Recent Events
We've been busy with our Hong Kong launch and Freedom Friday router give away in San Francisco. There are a couple photos below with more of the Hong Kong launch here.
Thanks to Esme Vos of muniwireless for the Freedom Friday San Francisco photos.
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Sunday, June 25, 2006
The Bills land on the WiFi Planet
It’s fiesta time at FON. We’re launching the Bills! We’re inviting you to join the celebration and discover all the new features we’ve added to FON.
Starting today, FONeros will be able to milk their WiFi by choosing to become a BILL! The idea is simple: Bills earn money when visitors who do not share their WiFi with FON (a.k.a “Aliens”) buy a FON Pass at the Bills’ FON Hotspot.
FONeros will also have access to a new and personalized User Zone where all kinds of user information will be accessed and edited in real time. For example, as a FONero, you’ll be able to promote and give free access to your blog or website and leave personal messages on your FON Hotspot’s Access Portal that appears every time a user connects to your WiFi signal. Even better, your FON Travel Log will let you trace your footsteps and see where you connected to FON in the past. You’ll also be able to see who is connected to your FON Hotspot at any given moment. If you decide to become a Bill, you’ll be able to keep track of all the connection passes you’ve sold.
Of course, we haven’t forgotten all those who have registered an account with FON but still don’t have a FON Social Router. Take advantage of our special offer, we’re subsidizing them so that you can buy one today for only €/$ 5!
To find out more about all the new FON features being launched, visit our website today at www.fon.com and help us build the WiFi Planet!
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Friday, February 17, 2006
Routers shipping
The first routers in the USA were shipped two days ago. We will continue shipping all this week. You should be receiving emails over the next few days asking you to confirm your purchase. The same applies for routers shipping out of Spain to orders placed within the EU. Have FON!
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Monday, December 12, 2005
Fonero meeting in Paris
French foneros gathered for an informal get together in Martin's apartment in Paris last Saturday. It was a great opportunity to ask questions to Yann (fonero leader for France) and Martin, and to share some thoughts and ideas. One particularly interesting idea to surface after the meeting came from Olivier Zablocki who plans to lead a maritime FON campagin that he calls 7 Seas FON. In a nutshell, the campaign aims to create a network of local communities of foneros marineros near sea-ports and inland ports where each community offers free year-round accomodation for travelling foneros marineros who pass by their port. Read more about it here (French only).
Cehck out more pictures of the Fonero meeting last Saturday. (thank you Rodrigo!)
If you have an idea that you want to share or are thinking of starting an initiative based on FON, let us know by posting a comment below or write us at info@fon.com. We'd love to hear from you!
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Tuesday, December 6, 2005
FON launch at Les Blogs
Yesterday, FON held its official French launch at Les Blogs, the blogger conference organised by Six Apart which ends today. Martin spoke on the panel entitled " How is blogging affecting corporations?". When asked about how he launched FON, Martin reminded the crowd how he had spent tens of millions of euros on advertising for his previous start-ups whereas today the FON buzz was started and continues to be spread almost entirely through blogging.
The reaction to FON at conference so far has been phenomenal. Many of the 350+ participants have already caught the FON bug, slapped on a FON sticker and are spreading the word. As the french say here "La révolution FON est en marche!"
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Photos of FON at SIMO
Here are the first pictures in cyberspace of FON at the SIMO tech fair. The fair is taking place in Madrid from the 15-20 November. These photos were uploaded to flickr by Manu, one of the foneros who came to help us at SIMO (and one of the first ones to have a FON enabled router!).
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Thursday, November 10, 2005
FON presentation at SIME
Martin's FON powerpoint presentation at this week's SIME conference in Stockholm is now available for download.
Download it here.
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