This, combined with Orange Telecom’s view that 50% of international mobile data will be delivered via WiFi in the near future, underscores that MWEB is tapping into a significant, but under-realised opportunity in South Africa. Recent trends highlight that South Africans are increasingly more mobile, with Cisco predicting that mobile traffic will account for 26% of all South African data traffic by 2016. The new Fon relationship will complement our existing WiFi zones and will give our customers access to cost effective, quality mobile Internet access and a growing network.” More than 1,000 major cities around the world are blanketed with ubiquitous Fon WiFi coverage.ĭerek Hershaw, CEO of MWEB, says “We have been looking for a way to broaden our customers access to WiFi beyond their home or office network without compromising the quality of internet access that they’ve become accustomed to. Last year alone, Fon grew its network 50% thanks to partnerships with major telcos such as British Telecom, SFR France, Softbank Japan or Deutsche Telekom Germany. In return, Fon members are able to securely access any other Fon WiFi hotspot both locally and globally. CAPE TOWN & MADRID.- MWEB has announced a new partnership with Fon, the world’s largest WiFi network. The deal gives MWEB ADSL customers, with a Fon–enabled router, the exclusive opportunity to join a global community of 12-million WiFi users who share their connections with each other.įon, the global WiFi network founded in 2006 in Spain, but now represented on four continents, is made up of Fon community members who share a part of their bandwidth as a separate WiFi signal. MWEB and Fon collaborate to build South Africa’s largest WiFi networkġ6 JANUARY 2014.
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