Summary: Facebook is set
to announce an effort aimed at drastically cutting the cost of delivering basic
internet services on mobile phones, particularly in developing countries, where
Facebook and other tech companies need to find new users.
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and
CEO of Facebook, announced the launch of internet.org, a global partnership
with the goal of making internet access available to the next 5 billion people.
On
facebook post "Everything Facebook has done has been about giving all
people around the world the power to connect," Zuckerberg said. "There
are huge barriers in developing countries to connecting and joining the
knowledge economy. Internet.org brings together a global partnership that will
work to overcome these challenges, including making internet access available
to those who cannot currently afford it."
The goal of Internet.org is to
make internet access available to the two-thirds of the world who are not yet
connected, and to bring the same opportunities to everyone that the connected
third of the world has today. In order to achieve its goal of connecting the
two-thirds of the world who are not yet online, internet.org will focus on
three key challenges in developing countries:
1. Making
access affordable
2. Using
data more efficiently
3. Helping
businesses drive access
Half a dozen of the world's
tech giants, including Samsung, Nokia, Qualcomm and Ericsson, have agreed to
work with the company on the initiative, which they call Internet.org.
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