FON

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.

Date founded:

  • 2005

Founders:

Industry:

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...

Address

FON Headquarters

Madrid Spain

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