Mozilla is expected to expand its virtual private network (VPN) offering to Germany and France by the end of the first quarter of 2021, marking the first expansion of the service within the EU.
The move follows the official launch of the Mozilla VPN service last summer in the US, UK, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia.
The Mozilla VPN service, which originally started as a Firefox extension called Firefox Private Network, has expanded into a full-featured VPN client, available for Windows 10, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS devices.
The service, which is built around the WireGuard protocol, uses servers provided by Mullvad.
Mozilla says the VPN service currently runs on more than 280 servers in more than 30 countries around the world, with “no logging” and “no bandwidth” policies.
Since its informal announcement in 2019 and after official launch in 2020, the VPN service has been one of the most anticipated VPN offerings on the market, mainly due to Mozilla's reputation.
The company is currently running a waiting list where users can sign up and be notified when the VPN service launches in their country.
The VPN service is Mozilla's first fully commercial product, part of a new business strategy the company last year. In August 2020, Mozilla laid off more than 250 employees and spun off several unprofitable open source products to focus on growing its own revenue streams.
Information source: zdnet.com
