FON Gets Warm Welcome In Japan
Today Yuki Yamamura, the CEO of Excite, and I publicly announced in Tokyo that Excite Japan has invested in Fon. The announcement was very well received. Excite’s shares went up 17.4%. I am very pleased to see that not only the Japanese are adopting FON WiFi in great numbers but that the financial markets over here believe that to share a little WiFi at home and roaming the world for free is a valuable proposition as more and more WiFi only gadgets like the Nintendo DS, the Sony PSP and now the Sony Mylo hit the market. We are also very happy to be the first non Sony product selling in the Sony Style shops. As a Spanish company to be received so well in Japan, the most competitive technology market in the world, is extremely “exciting”.
Muchas gracias Japón!
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Posted by Kasper - March 29, 2007 1:43 pm - #
Hi Martin,
That’s terrific news - always a pleasure to follow your blog - I want a job at Fon!
Posted by ringo134 - March 29, 2007 3:03 pm - #
Hola! Niza para encontrarselo.
I’m Japanese Lafonera.
This announcement is very glad and secure for Japanese Net user.
Positive deployment in Japan is expected from now on.
Posted by ikanguru - March 29, 2007 4:59 pm - #
this is great news and such a clever idea!… fon is like a global virus… keep spreading dude!
Posted by Andreas Ehn - March 29, 2007 6:41 pm - #
Does that mean that Excite’s — like Google’s and Skype’s — websites will be available through FON routers without logging in?
Posted by Martín Varsavsky - March 30, 2007 3:14 am - #
Andreas Ehn,
Open unrestricted surfing is available to all Linus Foneros. If u r not a donor however and u don’t want to pay our low fees then yes, u can still surf Excite Japan cause they sponsor
Posted by Kasper - March 30, 2007 1:54 pm - #
Hi again Martin,
Suppose I had a venture proposal for you - where would I send an exec. summary/bizplan?
10 sec keyword pitch: an international website community for young people & students, focusing on rooms and housing when studying abroad and traveling.
With kind regards,
Kasper
Posted by Martín Varsavsky - March 30, 2007 7:25 pm - #
Hi Kasper, to this web site pls.
Posted by Kasper Daniel Balslev - March 30, 2007 9:27 pm - #
Hi Martin,
Great - I’ll send you a summary asap. Hope it triggers your interest
Best regards,
Kasper Daniel Balslev
CasaSwap.com
Posted by David - April 3, 2007 11:41 am - #
Hi Martin,
Fantastic news. I’d really like you to come and talk about your success story in front of french entrepreneurs. I organise such conferences. Last one was Pierre Chappaz. You can contact me at dawidbourgeois@gmail.com
Thanks
David