ESPOO, Finland, August 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Joikusoft, the mobile software
development house, maker of the mobile Wi-Fi HotSpot software JoikuSpot,
announces a collaboration with FON, the world's largest WiFi community. FON
and Joikusoft are releasing an exclusive version of Joikusoft's mobile
hotspot solution, named FonSpot. FonSpot turns a mobile phone into a Wi-Fi
HotSpot, enabling any laptop, iPod Touch, internet tablet or other Wi-Fi
device to connect to the Internet using any compatible mobile phone as a
secure high speed Internet gateway.
FonSpot with Wi-Fi will effectively replace Bluetooth, cable and USB
dongles to access the Internet using mobile phones and 3G connectivity. The
FonSpot is a fully secure mobile internet HotSpot solution, and makes use
of the maximum security offered by the underlying Symbian OS platform. The
users have full control over who will be able to access their FonSpot's
wireless internet connection.
FonSpot is an exclusive offering for members of the FON community.
Foneros will be able to share their mobile Internet connection with up to 5
friends, who can connect to their FonSpot. It will be made commercially
available for Foneros during 3Q 2008.
According to the Joikusoft Chairman and Founder Mr. Tom Ojala "FON is a
perfect companion to roll out wireless Wi-Fi access in mobile phones as FON
already has an established user base of hundreds of thousands of physical
FON Wi-Fi base-stations. FON users will now enjoy even broader access to
internet wherever they are, literally carrying internet in their pocket."
Alexander Puregger, FON's Director of Business Development, states,
"FON is very glad to work with Joikusoft as the company is proving to be an
innovative contributor to the proliferation of Wi-Fi. And FON is all about
WiFi everywhere!"
About Joikusoft
Joikusoft is a software development house focusing on mobile
innovation. The Joiku mission is to liberate mobile internet with mobile
Wi-Fi HotSpots. Joikusoft has developed a mobile Wi-Fi HotSpot software
client called JoikuSpot for S60 Smartphones. User base of JoikuSpot
exceeded 300.000 in June 2008 and grows exponentially. Joikusoft was the
first in the world to roll out a mobile Wi-Fi HotSpot solution in February
2008 at 3GSM Barcelona. Joikusoft is a privately held company, founded in
2007 in Finland and has headquarters in Garden City, Espoo, Finland.
Visit: http://www.joikusoft.com, http://www.joikuspot.com,
http://www.joiku.com, http://www.joikushop.com or contact Joiku at
info@joikusoft.fi, http://joikusoft.fi for more information.
About FON
FON is the world's largest WiFi community. FON's mission is to
stimulate the growth of WiFi around the world by creating a global
community of "Foneros". FON's La Fonera routers have been designed to
enable Foneros to share their home Internet access in a completely secure
manner. Founded in February 2006 in Madrid, Spain, FON investors include
Google, Skype, Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital and British Telecom.
Currently FON has over 250.000 hotspots worldwide and more than 900,000
registered members in Europe, Asia and America.
For more information, visit FON at http://www.fon.com
Tom Ojala
email: tom.ojala@joikusoft.fi
tel: +358-505765056
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