{"id":4122,"date":"2010-02-11T20:14:48","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T19:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=4122"},"modified":"2010-02-11T20:14:48","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T19:14:48","slug":"fon-to-unveil-new-fonera-at-mobile-world-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=4122","title":{"rendered":"FON to Unveil New Fonera at Mobile World Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, FON<\/a> will unveil the newest Fonera WiFi device at the Mobile World Congress<\/a> in Barcelona. Visit us at booth 2EZ19<\/a>. The new Fonera SIMPL features the speed of 802.11n, a powerful, detachable antenna increasing reach, sleek design and tiny enclosure. It will be available to the public in May for 39\u20ac and will give users easy, fast and affordable access to the world\u2019s largest WiFi community.<\/p>\n

The FON<\/a> network is growing fast. We surpassed 1 million hotspots in December 2009 and we continue to add close to 100,000 new FON Spots<\/a> each month. This growth comes from our users who activate their Foneras and from our partners, including BT<\/a>, ZON Portugal<\/a>, SFR<\/a>, and Comstar Russia<\/a>, who build FON functionality into their own WiFi routers.<\/p>\n

Now, with the Fonera SIMPL, we have developed an even better WiFi device. We named it SIMPL for two reasons. First, because it has only FON\u2019s core functionality of creating two WiFi signals – one for public and one for private use. It does not have any of the Fonera 2.0n<\/a> features. Second, because we are working on a series of improvements to make the registration and connection process with mobile devices as simple as possible. Yesterday, WiFi was all about laptops. The future of WiFi is all about e-books, tablets and smartphones. We are working to optimize the FON experience on these devices.<\/p>\n

The target group for the Fonera SIMPL is individuals who want to join the FON community by buying a great WiFi router. But we’re also distributing this Fonera to mobile operators who will bundle it with their smartphones to help offload 3G traffic. We have distributed test models already to mobile operators and they like it.<\/p>\n

Here’s a sneak peek…<\/p>\n

\"FONERA_SIMPL\"<\/p>\n

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