Fon and partners to give free WiFi as part of World WiFi Day celebration

Fon Celebrates World WiFi Day with Its Partners by Providing Free WiFi Access Across Six Different Countries — Telco giants BT, COSMOTE, KPN, Proximus, Telekom Romania, and Telstra will be participating with Fon in the event

15 JUNE 2016. MADRID – Fon, the world’s largest WiFi network, and six of its partners, all leading telecommunication providers, will be providing free WiFi access across six different countries in honor of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA)’s first-ever World WiFi Day.

Participating partners include BT, COSMOTE, KPN, Proximus, Telekom Romania, and Telstra. Together, Fon and its partners will provide promo codes that unlock free WiFi access in the UK, Greece, the Netherlands, Belgium, Romania, and Australia.

“World WiFi Day is an important initiative for Fon because we are all about connecting communities and giving access to people via WiFi. We really believe in and support closing the digital divide. To celebrate, we are working together with our partners to open up access on as many networks as we can around the world. We are looking forward to it and hope people enjoy having free WiFi!” says Fon’s CEO, Alex Puregger.

World WiFi Day will be celebrated around the world on June 20th, 2016 by over 40 key players in the industry, including Google, Intel, Cisco, AT&T, and Nokia. This new initiative aims to bring awareness to the importance of digital access, WiFi’s key role in providing connectivity, and celebrating the success of digital initiatives around the world.

Promo Codes and more details on how to get connected can be found on the Fon blog: https://fon.com/world-wifi-day-2016/.

About Fon

Fon was founded in 2006 by serial entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky with the goal of blanketing the world with WiFi. Today the company is a global WiFi leader with more than 20 million WiFi hotspots. Fon has offices in the world’s top capitals, working in partnership with more than 20 leading telcos that use its multi-functional WiFi Service Management Platform to help them fulfil their WiFi strategy. Fon’s international partners include BT, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Oi Brazil, SoftBank Japan, and Telstra Australia. Innovating in the WiFi industry is part of Fon’s DNA. Our vision is to be always on, always on the move. For more information, please visit www.fon.com.