SAN FRANCISCO — FON is committed to growing the WiFi community from coast to coast in the
United States. FON is inviting San Franciscans to help build a city-wide WiFi
community today by offering a free WiFi Router at its FREEDOM FRIDAY event in
Union Square.
EVENT: FON is launching an effort to Wi-Fi enable the entire city of
San Francisco, offering hundreds of state-of-the-art La Fonera
wireless routers at an event billed as Freedom Friday to be
held at the city’s landmark gathering spot, Union Square, this
Friday, October 27.
FON’s custom-designed router allows users to enjoy and share
wireless access at home, and around the globe, wherever they
find a FON access point. Designed to be truly “plug-and-play,”
the La Fonera router allows users to simply plug the router
into their existing broadband modem to convert their connection
into a FON access point and to provide secure Wi-Fi.
WHO: FON is building the world’s largest WiFi community. Founded in
2006 in Madrid, Spain, FON’s mission is to stimulate growth of
WiFi Internet access through its WiFi sharing community of
“Foneros.” FON investors include Google, Skype, Index Ventures
and Sequoia Capital.
WHERE: Union Square, San Francisco
Post & Powell Streets
WHEN: Friday, October 27, 2006
Noon-2:00 pm
CONTACT: Susan George, Sutherland Gold Group for FON
415-860-2661
sgeorge@sutherlandgold.com
FON Wireless Ltd.
