Google and Skype join new wi-fi venture
Posted on February 6, 2006
Filed Under Broadband, Good Things, Wi-fi |
The FT reports that Google, Skype, Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital are investing €18m in funding for Madrid-based Fon to build on its growing global band of “foneros”.
The company allows broadband subscribers to share their internet connection with other users to create local “hot spots”. They already have 3,000 members.
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