Expanding his latest project Internet.org to “give billions of people the power to connect,” Mark Zuckerberg has rolled out the free internet access program in Colombia, allowing people in the country to access to basic internet services for free through the Tigo network.
“Before today, only about 50% of Colombians had access to the internet. By launching the Internet.org app on the Tigo network today, we’re giving people free access to basic internet services for jobs, health, finance and communication,” Mark Zuckerberg, CEO at Facebook announced via a Facebook post.
Using the Internet.org app Colombians will now have free access to many local online services, as well as popular websites such as Facebook (obviously), Wikipedia and UNICEF.
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Colombia becomes the fourth country to receive the Internet.org services, after Zambia, Tanzania and Kenya. Zuckerberg promises to roll out Internet.org to more countries soon.
[Via: Facebook / Internet.org ]
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