Tuesday, 10 February 2015

Facebook brings its free mobile Internet service to India

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Facebook's Internet.org project is taking on its biggest market yet

Internet.org, an effort to provide free mobile Internet to developing markets, launched in India this week, Facebook announced late Monday

The service will be available in six different states in India and offer users access to a range of healthcare, communication and news services, including the Wikipedia, the BBC — and, of course, Facebook.

"Over the last year, we've rolled out Internet.org free basic services to countries with more than 150 million people total across Africa and Latin America," Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's cofounder and CEO, said in a post on his Facebook page announcing the launch. "More than 6 million people are already connected to the internet who previously weren't, and we’ve started hearing incredible stories about how the internet is changing lives and communities. Read more...

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