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Google, Skype in Startup to Link Hotspots. Google and Skype Invest in Startup to Link Hotspots and Help Owners Charge for Wi-Fi Access

February 6, 2006 /

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Google Inc. and eBay Inc.’s Skype are investing in a startup that plans to help hotspot owners charge for Wi-Fi access, a plan that could face significant opposition from Internet service providers.

The Internet heavyweights were joined by venture capital firms Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital in making a $22 million investment in FON, the Spanish startup. In its announcement Sunday, FON did not say how much each investor was contributing.

FON’s idea, floated just three months ago in a Web posting by founder Martin Varsavsky, is to sign up people who have Wi-Fi hotspots in one of two ways.

By PETER SVENSSON AP Technology Writer

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