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Nintendo partners with Zon@Fon in Portugal
We’ve got great news for Nintendo 3DS users and Foneros in Portugal! Fon, together with Zon, has partnered with Nintendo in Portugal to make it easy to receive content in stereoscopic 3D on Nintendo 3DS devices automatically – even in sleep mode. Using SpotPass functionality, you can go online at over 450,000 WiFi hotspots throughout [...]
ZON & Fon blanket Madeira island with WiFi
Madeira, Portugal, is one of the islands with the best WiFi coverage in the world thanks to the ZON@FON service. It currently has 13,000 active public hotspots, which translates into one Fon Spot for every 20 people! This ZON and Fon initiative has helped develop tourism in Madeira by providing the area with convenient communication channels [...]
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Fon & Belgacom partner to build largest WiFi network in Belgium
We’ve already partnered with BT and ZON to create the largest WiFi networks in the UK and Portugal, and today we are thrilled to announce another major partnership in Europe. Together with Belgacom, we’ll be building the largest WiFi network in Belgium. Belgacom customers will enjoy free access to the [...]
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Fon at TEDxPlazaCibeles – Free Fonera for guests
Fon is a proud sponsor of TEDxPlazaCibeles this year. We love TED’s riveting talks by remarkable people and the chance to help spread great ideas. The event will take place on June 25 from 10:00 to 18:00 at the Escuela de Organización Industrial, EOI, in Madrid. TEDxPlazaCibeles will bring together artists, scientists, politicians, adventurers, film makers, [...]
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Fon at SIME Barcelona – Companies that make us go Wow!
This week, Fon will be at SIME Barcelona, the world’s leading event about online business and opportunities in the new digital era. The event takes place on June 16 and focuses on combining world-class speakers, internet, media, telecom and entertainment opinion leaders, along with entrepreneurs, investors, journalists, and marketing professionals. Fon COO, Alex Puregger [...]
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Fon CEO, Martin Varsavsky, at Red Innova tech event in Madrid
Fon CEO, entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky, will be giving the closing speech this week at Red Innova — the third annual tech event in Madrid from June 15-16. Come learn about some great start-ups in Spain, including Fon!
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Your aerials are always up with ZON@FON!
Olá! Fonero traveling to Portugal this summer? You can get free access to the biggest WiFi network in the country – the ZON@FON WiFi network now has over 400,000 hotspots – with no time or usage limits. So, be sure to bring your smartphones, tablets and other WiFi devices with you. In addition to a [...]
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Fon at MOBIEL NL Congress 2011 – June 15
Fon COO Alex Puregger will be speaking at MOBIEL NL 2011 in Amsterdam on June 15. The event, in association with TelecomPaper, will examine the current telecom ecosystem and attempt to answer the question – Waar ligt de grens? (What are the limits?) The past two decades have brought radical changes to [...]
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Fon Community Now Enjoys 4 Million Fon Spots Worldwide!
It was just a few months ago we were excited to announce topping 3 million Fon Spots, now we’re back to announce we’ve already hit 4 MILLION FON SPOTS! To celebrate we’re giving away the Fonera Simpl router free to the first 40 individuals* to follow Fon on Twitter and also tweet this: This promotion [...]
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Get 25% off the Fonera 2.0n in April!
Get 25% off the Fonera 2.0n through the end of April, 2011! If you’ve been thinking about buying the Fonera 2.0n or are ready for a better WiFi connection that comes with upgrading to 802.11n, now’s your chance. We are offering 25% off the Fonera 2.0n in April. Our most feature-packed WiFi router not only [...]