Livedoor

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livedoor Co., Ltd. is an Internet service provider based in Tokyo, Japan, that runs a web portal and numerous other businesses. Employing over 1,000 people, it has grown into one of Japan's premier Internet businesses.

Livedoor Wireless has around 2,200 APs within Tokyo’s 23 wards, covering 80% of the area inside the Yamanote Line, one of Tokyo's busiest and most important commuter lines.

FON Japan and Livedoor Co., Ltd., have joined forces and announced that Livedoor’s Wireless access points will become FON-enabled, allowing FON members to connect for free to the Internet through these Wireless Access Points (APs).

In Japan, FON offers more than 31,000 FON Spots primarily in residential areas of Tokyo, the largest WiFi offer compared with domestic public wireless access service providers. Through this partnership, FON users will be able to connect to a “FON_livedoor” signal that will be added to Livedoor Wireless’ APs, and they will benefit from a great increase in FON Spots within central Tokyo inside the Yamanote Line area and in commercial areas.