KPN rolls out Fon Wi-Fi service

News Broadband Netherlands 4 JUL 2014
KPN rolls out Fon Wi-Fi service
KPN has started rolling out a public Wi-Fi service with Fon. According to Fon, the roll-out should be completed in September. The companies first announced a cooperation agreement in early 2013, and KPN said in April this year that it would start a trial of the service in the Amsterdam neighbourhood of IJburg with 800-900 households. It expected to have up to 1 million customer routers activated for the service by year-end. 

Fon said this is still the target and already 200,000 routers allow the shared public access. KPN's fixed broadband customers will have free access to the Wi-Fi network as well as Fon's over 13 million hotspots worldwide. Some KPN mobile customers will also gain access to the service. KPN's cable rivals UPC and and Ziggo offer a similar shared service over their customers' Wi-Fi routers. 

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