Fon aims to create a global community of wi-fi users
A Spanish firm is to sell subsidised routers as part of a plan to turn domestic wi-fi networks into public hotspots.
Fon will sell wi-fi routers - which allow people to surf the net wirelessly - for $5 (£2.75).
The company - which has financial backing from Google and Skype - aims to create public wi-fi networks street by street across the US and Europe.
full story: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5116960.stm
A Spanish firm is to sell subsidised routers as part of a plan to turn domestic wi-fi networks into public hotspots.
Fon will sell wi-fi routers - which allow people to surf the net wirelessly - for $5 (£2.75).
The company - which has financial backing from Google and Skype - aims to create public wi-fi networks street by street across the US and Europe.
full story: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5116960.stm
