Facebook unveils global Internet access initiative
23 Aug 2013 5:15 AM IST
Facebook and other technology giants launched an initiative today designed to give the whole world access to the Internet.
The project is entitled Internet.org and its goal is to extend Internet access to five billion people by cutting the cost of smart phone-based Internet services in developing countries.
‘Everything Facebook has done has been about giving all people around the world the power to connect,’ Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said. ‘There are huge barriers in developing countries to connecting and joining the knowledge economy,’ he said, adding that the project aimed to make it easier and cheaper to connecting to the web. The other partners in the project are Nokia, Samsung, Qualcomm, MediaTek and Opera, while Twitter and LinkedIn are also due to sign up.
The project is entitled Internet.org and its goal is to extend Internet access to five billion people by cutting the cost of smart phone-based Internet services in developing countries.
‘Everything Facebook has done has been about giving all people around the world the power to connect,’ Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said. ‘There are huge barriers in developing countries to connecting and joining the knowledge economy,’ he said, adding that the project aimed to make it easier and cheaper to connecting to the web. The other partners in the project are Nokia, Samsung, Qualcomm, MediaTek and Opera, while Twitter and LinkedIn are also due to sign up.
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