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Facebook Goes Live with Express Wifi in India

By CircleID Reporter
  • November 28, 2016, 10:04 pm PST
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According to a new update on Facebook’s Internet.org website on Monday, a service called “Express Wifi” has gone live and plans are in place to expand to other regions soon. Express Wifi is a program that allows carriers, internet service providers, and local entrepreneurs work together, says the company, in order to help expand connectivity to underserved locations around the world. Napier Lopez reporting in TNW writes: “Facebook’s Free Basics program—an attempt to bring free internet to developing areas—had quite the messy launch. After getting banned in India, now Facebook is trying a different approach. ... Unlike Free Basics, Express Wifi isn’t, well, free. Instead, the program allows customers to purchase affordable data packs for access via Wifi.”

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