Fon Partners with Jungo to Extend Reach and Scope of Global WiFi

With over 30 million gateways deployed globally, partnering with Jungo greatly extends the reach of the Fon service already the world's largest WiFi sharing community. The move will allow operators and ISPs to offer new ways for users to access broadband on the go. Subscribers who optin to securely share a small portion of their overall bandwidth with other Fon users can make free use of Fon hotspots around the world to access the same WiFi enabled services they do in-home.

"Fon has built the world's largest WiFi network with over 3 million hotspots, and Telcos, ISPs and manufacturers are increasingly looking for ways to give their customers access to it," said Alex Puregger, Fon's COO. "We are pleased to be working with Jungo whose unified gateway software radically eases deployment of Fon technology to operators and helps grow our network faster."

Opportunities exist for operators to build their own business models around Fon's growing network of WiFi hotspots. By using Jungo's security software, operators are able to differentiate between subscriber and nonsubscriber access, increasing stickiness by offering a valueadded service for existing customers and allowing them to charge nonFon community members for access. Additionally, operators are able to take advantage of the fact that WiFi has the potential to work as an alternative channel for data to mobile, helping to reduce traffic on mobile networks and potentially earning additional revenue for operators.

"As operators look at new ways of delivering on the promise of unlimited internet access in and out of the home from a growing number of connected devices, Fon's relevance is quickly increasing,"said Eran Rom, Jungo's CEO. "We are committed to helping drive the growth of the shared WiFi community through our software implementations with operators. At the same time, we recognize the need for operators to realize tangible returns from WiFi. Software that manages the security aspect of shared access is the key to these returns and enables operators to make a business out of shared connectivity."

Jungo has commercially deployed its Fon WiFi sharing solution for several service providers worldwide including British Telecom (BT). Jungo has now implemented Fon for Zon in Portugal, so its subscribers are able to become part of the Fon community and access free WiFiat Fon Spots worldwide.