ZING Teams with FON to Provide Free WiFi Access on the ZING Mobile Player Platform.ZING Becomes First Mobile Entertainment Player Platform to Tap into Public WiFi Networks See wireless Ethernet and 802.11. , Furthering Its Goal Of Un-Tethering Consumer Entertainment from the PC MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- ZING Systems Inc. today announced a new partnership with FON Fon People of southern Benin and adjacent parts of Togo. They speak a dialect of Gbe, a Kwa language of the Niger-Congo language family. Numbering about 3 million, the Fon are mainly farmers. that will allow consumers to access the largest and fastest growing worldwide WiFi network for free on their ZING-enabled mobile music players and entertainment devices. This relationship also cements another important step for ZING in its build-out of the first fully mobile, connected entertainment platform. ZING is working in partnership with leading consumer products and services companies to create a new class of portable entertainment players, where WiFi is a key discovery, community, and delivery mechanism for music and entertainment: At CES, SanDisk has announced Sansa Connect[TM], a new wireless music player See digital media hub. based on ZING. In the fall of 2006, SIRIUS Satellite Radio
FON's WiFi network is the largest in the world touting touting the making of personal representations by a veterinarian to persons who are not clients in an attempt to solicit their business. over 215,000 distinct WiFi hotspots, with over 17,000 in the U.S. alone. Hotspot providers are members (called Foneros) who share their unused bandwidth on a FON router in exchange for free WiFi access when roaming The ability to use a communications device such as a cellphone or PDA and be able to move from one cell or access point to another without losing the connection. through any other FON access point. Through this partnership, consumers using ZING platform, software and services on their mobile players will have the opportunity to become free Foneros and have free unlimited WiFi access directly from their music players. FON will provide a free WiFi router to consumers who purchase ZING-enabled players, making the whole WiFi experience free to the consumer. ZING's platform will support compatibility with the FON network and make it easy and transparent for users to access their music services through a FON hotspot. "ZING wants to connect you to your music and entertainment wherever you are, without a PC. Mobile players tapping into public and subscription WiFi networks will be one of the core vehicles for delivering on this promise. FON's drive to rapidly build out a ubiquitous network through a grass roots grass roots pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) 1. People or society at a local level rather than at the center of major political activity. Often used with the. 2. The groundwork or source of something. movement is innovative and an effort we want to tap into," said Tim Bucher, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ZING. "Making our software compatible and offering free access to our partner's music players through our ZING platform gets us one step closer to a truly mobile entertainment experience." "We welcome ZING customers to the worldwide FON network and Fonero community," said Joanna Rees Gallanter, CEO of FON U.S. "Success for us continues to be rapidly expanding both our network of hotspots and users around the world. Allowing a new class of WiFi devices and music players that ZING is bringing to market helps to build out this vision. We are excited to go beyond access for PC's only." Under this agreement, free FON routers will be distributed with the purchase of a ZING partner device, as determined by the partner. Consumers who become Foneros, and share their WiFi connectivity with the FON network, will have unlimited access to any FON access point free of charge. Under a special program, music players with ZING may also access the FON network by purchasing a subscription for the low cost of $12/year or $1/ month. In addition to expanded access Expanded access refers to the inclusion of patients in a clinical trial for a new therapeutic treatment or chemical entity, where those patients would not satisfy the enrolment criteria for the scientific study in progress. and coverage, the ZING software will be developed to provide easy connections, optimized coverage, and reception. About ZING The ZING Mobile Entertainment Engine is redefining the portable digital audio and entertainment experience in partnership with leading consumer product and services companies. The ZING engine is powering a new generation of digital media players and experiences that use wireless IP networks and other mobile technologies to create an all-in-one entertainment devices that don't require a PC for functionality. Based in Mountain View, CA, ZING was founded by one of the most experienced teams in mobile digital media products. For more information, go to www.ZING.net. Stay Tuned. About FON FON is building the world's largest WiFi community. Founded in 2006 in Madrid, Spain, FON's mission is to stimulate growth of WiFi Internet access See how to access the Internet. through its WiFi sharing community of "Foneros." FON's La Fonera WiFi routers, have been specifically designed to enable Foneros to share their home access points with the FON Community. In return for sharing, Foneros gain free WiFi access everywhere in the world. FON's investors include Google, Skype, Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Don Valentine in 1972. The firm's partners include Don Valentine, Pierre Lamond, Michael Moritz, Doug Leone, Mike Goguen, Mark Stevens, Jim Goetz, Sameer Gandhi, Roelof Botha, and Mark Kvamme. . For more information, please go to www.fon.com. Sansa Connect is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation |
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