Saturday, November 12, 2005
FON: not only bad news for mobile operators
After studiying the issue of coverage for FON's soon-to-be-released Wififons, we concluded that although the advantage of Wififon over GSM in terms of calling costs is incredible, the disadvantage in terms of coverage is also quite important. For this reason, we’re thinking of creating DUAL wififons that would combine WiFi and GSM. In other words, FON would also sell a wififon model where you could insert a SIM card and mobile operators would make money.This way, foners would be able to call for free if there’s Wifi and pay if there isn’t. Either way foneros would always stay connected.
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