Thursday, 4 May 2017
After a failed effort to offer free internet access (with strings attached) to people in India, Facebook has now launched Express Wi-Fi, a service that lets users log on to Wi-Fi networks hosted by local partners, for a nominal fee. And unlike Free Basics, this program grants access to all of the web – or at least, as much as the Indian government allows. Following tests that began back in 2015, Express Wi-Fi is now live across nearly 700 hotspots in four Indian states of Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Meghalaya. Users can log on by purchasing physical and online vouchers…
This story continues at The Next Web
Or just read more coverage about: Facebook
