Express Wifi: Facebook’s Latest Attempt to Connect India
Facebook renewed its efforts to bring affordable internet access to India with its launch of Express Wifi.
Facebook renewed its efforts to bring affordable internet access to India with its launch of Express Wifi.
The social network launched its Internet.org Free Basics free access to select applications and web services throughout India in November 2015, but this move came under fire, with Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg resorting to an op-ed in The Times of India to defend the offering.
In February, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India enacted net-neutrality rules, which spelled the end for Free Basics in the country.
The description of Express Wifi follows from its website:
With Express Wifi, we’re working with carriers, internet-service providers and local entrepreneurs to help expand connectivity to underserved locations around the world.
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