5.2.2013
Hrvatski Telekom, leading provider of telecommunications services in Croatia, has started a business cooperation with Fon, world’s leading WiFi community, and as of today provides an exclusive access to over seven million free HotSpots all over the world for all its residential customers. By providing this unique service, HT has enriched in an innovative way its offer for fixed network, the quality of which can now be experienced by customers wherever they are.
Besides over 1000 HotSpot WiFi locations currently offered in Croatia, through this cooperation HT continues building the largest free wireless network in the country.
The advanced Fon technology enables HT customers to share, in an easy and safe manner, a small part of their home WiFi network and in return to have at their disposal the WiFi signal free of charge through over seven million other community members.
The customer’s home WiFi signal is shared by means of a Fon device in a manner that part of the signal is unlocked, while the rest of the network remains encrypted and under full protection. The range of the unlocked signal is around 30 meters and the signal is available only to Fon community members, who access it through the Fon application on their smartphones, tablets, or laptops. As of today, Fon WiFi signal is also available in all T-Centers.
“Without doubt, Hrvatski Telekom has the best mobile and fixed network in Croatia. We were the first one in Croatia to launch the 4G network and we offer the largest 4G and 3G network availability, which we are continuously increasing. In partnership with Fon, we are opening a new dimension in fixed network utilization. In keeping up with the times, we give our customers an exclusive opportunity to be a part of and to contribute to the state-of-the-art world community, so that eventually all community members could benefit from it,” said Nataša Rapaić, Member of the Management Board of HT, on cooperation with Fon.
In 2012, the Fon network increased by 53%. Quarterly, this amounted to approximately a million HotSpot locations or a new location every ten seconds.
Alvaro Prieto, VP of Business Development and Strategy at Fon, said: “We are very satisfied with our partnership with Hrvatski Telekom as the leading telecommunications service provider in Croatia. We are looking forward to Fon WiFi network growth in cooperation with HT in Croatia as a technologically savvy country.”
Apart from ADSL service provided by Hrvatski Telekom and a mobile device and application, all the customer needs in order to use this service is a Fon device. Internet connection over Fon WiFi, either in the country or abroad, is free of charge for all HT customers who have a Fon device. After purchasing the Fon device, the HotSpot Fon service is automatically activated and the customer becomes a part of the global Fon community. HT customers can buy their Fon device in any T-Center.