Facebook to beef up Internet.org in India

Facebook said today that it will expand its Internet.org programme. The programme launched last year has seen more than a dozen mobile operators on board across 17 countries offering basic Internet services without data charges to over a billion people.

“The goal was to bring more people online and help them discover the value of the Internet -- and it's working”, Facebook said in a blogpost marking the initiative’s one-year anniversary.

"As we approach year two... we are now ready to scale up Internet.org free basic services. We look forward to working in partnership with more mobile operators and developers to bring Internet access and relevant basic Internet services to the unconnected," it added.

In India, Facebook had partnered Reliance Communications to provide free Internet access to 33 websites as part of the initiative.

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