FON is a virtual Community of WiFi users and provides access to its
Community and other data services worldwide by making use of spare
bandwidth from customers’ broadband connections. FON has developed a
software that can be installed into a WiFi router, converting that
router into a FON hotspot, which can then be used to access the
Internet and other data services by the owner of the connection and
others as allowed by FON.
FON
Business
Founders
Martin Varsavsky
Martín Varsavsky (born in Buenos Aires in 1960) is an Argentine entrepreneur based in Spain.
Born to Carlos Varsavsky and Silvia Waisman, Varsavsky attended primary school at the New Model School and the Colegio Nicolás Avellaneda high school.
At the age of 16, he moved with his family to the...
Board members:
Advisors:
- Jon Berrojalbiz
- Esther Dyson
- Dan Gillmor
- Joi Ito
- Álvaro Ibañez
- Tariq Krim
- Loïc Le Meur
- Andrew Rasiej
- Christiane zu Salm
- Marc Sawmer