FON

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.

quick facts
Founded:2005
Founders:Martin Varsavsky
Headquarters:Madrid, Spain

FON founders

Martin Varsavsky
Martin Varsavsky
Age:51 (Born: April 26, 1960)

Martín Varsavsky is an Argentine entrepreneur based in Spain. Born to Carlos Varsavsky and Silvia Waisman-Diamond, 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 United States as...
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Headquarters of FON

Madrid
Madrid
Population:3,228,359

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
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Current FON board members

Michael Moritz
Michael Moritz

Michael Moritz is a Welsh-American venture capitalist with Sequoia Capital in Menlo Park, California in Silicon Valley, and a former member of the...
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Other companies in the same city as FON

Telefónica
Telefónica
Revenue: $77,254,000,000
Repsol YPF S.A.
Repsol YPF S.A.
Revenue: $67,006,000,000

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    Who founded FON?
  • A:
    Martin Varsavsky started the business.
  • Q:
    Which companies invested in FON?
  • A:
    FON raised venture capital from from the following firms:
    - Sequoia Capital
    - Skype
    - Google
    - Index Ventures
    - Excite
    - Digital Garage
  • Q:
    Which year was FON founded?
  • A:
    The company was founded in 2005.
  • Q:
    Which sectors does FON operate?
  • A:
    The company competes in Computer hardware.
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