FON -- The FON WiFi network extends all over the world
Starting in Europe, FON has now spread to Japan, through the intermediary of Junichi Fujimoto, the first president and representative director of livedoor, and a strong advocate of consumer empowerment via the Web. Although livedoor acquired a bad reputation in recent years through its stock-manipulation antics, the original livedoor, as set up by Fujimoto before his departure from the company, was a free Internet service designed to open the doors of the Web to ordinary Japanese people. At a time when online time was typically being rationed by Internet service providers (ISPs), this was a bold and liberating step. Fujimoto talked to J@pan Inc about his philosophy, and what he sees for the future with his latest WiFi project, FON Japan.
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