Facebook's Internet.org App Brings Free Mobile Internet to Zambia

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The Facebook-backed nonprofit Internet.org is bringing free data to parts of Zambia in Southern Africa as a part of a major initiative to connect the Internet with the two-thirds of the world's population who aren't online

Internet.org is rolling out an app that provides free basic web services to Airtel subscribers in Zambia. The organization said it plans to introduce the app to other parts of the world soon

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The news comes just one month shy of a year since Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched the organization, along with support from other tech companies like Ericcson, Nokia, Qualcomm and Samsung. Read more...

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