Internet.org comes to India
Can anyone imagine free internet for anyone??Yes, Facebook's Internet.org program will make it for you.After its successful program in Africa and Indonesia,Internet.org will now be available in India.Facebook in association with Reliance Communications has launched the Internet.org program in India with the aim to launch "zero bandwidth content".With this,people having the Reliance network will have a free access to the internet.
To use Internet.org,you must be a Reliance Communications customer in Maharashtra,Mumbai,Kerala,Tamil Nadu,Andra Pradesh or Gujarat.Although,customers in these circles can use it,the target of the program is for the non-data plan users(almost 70% of the people) and having said that Internet.org will be accessible within the next 90 days.
So how does this really work?Internet.org will give a free access to 40 websites to the Reliance Users including the Wikipedia.So,to access these websites,you will need to have a Reliance connection in your device.If you're on an Android device, you can also access the 'whitelisted' sites via the Internet.org app - there's no app for iOS or Windows Phone yet. If you try to access a site that isn't a partner with Internet.org, you're charged for the data used. So, for example, a Bing search can be used to look up information, but opening one of the search results will cost you money. You are given a warning before leaving free access.
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