Philippines startup WIN gets Microsoft funding, to install 10,000 WiFi hotspots

Philippines startup WIN gets Microsoft funding, to install 10,000 WiFi hotspots

From left are Microsoft Philippines legal & corporate affairs director Raul Cortez, country manager Karrie Ilagan, WiFi Interactive Network CEO Jasen Ko, and the startup's president and founder Philip Zulueta.

WiFi Interactive Network (WIN), a Philippines-based startup, has secured a $150,000 grant from software giant Microsoft Corp with which it intends to install 10,000 WiFi hotspots in the country using TV Whitepace (TVWS) technology.

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