Mark Zuckerberg and 3 International Telecoms Address 'Touchy' Partnership

Internet.org's logistical issues are still ripe for debate

Give the World Mobile Congress organizers credit for bringing some real theater to the stage today. Mark Zuckerberg made a keynote appearance in Barcelona with three telecom executives from developing markets. And one of those execs—Jon Fredrik Baksaas, CEO of Telenor—hasn't yet chosen to officially partner with the Facebook CEO's Internet.org initiative, which aims to connect people through free apps versus traditional phone lines. 

Would the session provide a breakthrough?

Baksaas' Telenor serves Nordic and Southeast Asian countries, and he said he wondered if "there is a financial balance" to partnering with Facebook.

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