Boingo Roams onto FON

This week Boingo signed an agreement with FON that will allow Boingo users access to an additional 130,000 hot spot locations, which more than doubles Boingo’s previous network size.

These additional WiFi locations are contributed to the FON network by individuals as well as business owners, in exchange for the right to roam on other FON network locations for free or at a reduced rate.

Access to the FON network stands to benefit Boingo Mobile users, who pay $7.95 per month for unlimited access to worldwide hot spots to make VoIP calls, surf the net and use messaging services from their handsets.

Boingo users have counted on the Boingo Roaming System for great coverage at major business travel locations, and now have the same great coverage outside of those locations with the addition of the FON community locations,

said Luis Serrano, Vice President of Network Strategy for Boingo.