Software that makes mobile phone a wireless LAN router and can become an access point of FON has appeared

Mobile phones are converted to wireless LAN routers,"FON" where users can share linesSoftware that can be used as an access point of the Internet has appeared.

As mobile phones become wireless LAN routers, they will be able to communicate using devices compatible with wireless LAN such as laptop computers, iPod touch, gaming machines, etc. on the road, and it is also possible to use lines of other users So it may be very interesting.

Details are as follows.
Joikusoft and FON unveil Wi-Fi HotSpot software for Mobile Phones

According to this release, software called "JoikuSpot" capable of converting mobile phones into wireless LAN routers will appear as "FonSpot" which corresponded to wireless LAN sharing service "FON". This means that FON users will be able to share mobile phone lines and will be released in the third quarter of 2008.

Unfortunately, as it is necessary to have wireless LAN installed in mobile phones and Symbian OS has to be adopted as OS from the viewpoint of security, it seems that the days available in Japan are still far away.

In the future, when terminals satisfying the above conditions are released from each mobile phone company, will users be able to clear the problems of the communication area by sharing the lines of each company with each other?