Fon was founded by Martin Varsavsky, a serial entrepreneur and internet pioneer in 2006, with the goal of free, ubiquitous WiFi for everyone. Today, Fon is the largest WiFi community in the world, with over six million Fon Spots all over the globe.

Fon partners with the world's leading broadband providers, hardware manufacturers and Telco operators to offer Fon-ready products and services. Fon's partners include Belgacom, BT, Comstar-UTS Russia, Oi Brazil, Netia Poland, SFR France, SoftBank Japan and ZON Portugal.

Fon's investors include Atomico, British Telecom, the Coral Group, Google, Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital and Skype.