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Telecel had a Facebook Zero service which offered free access to the social media platform while Econet launched Econet Zero – a bouquet of free education sites that included Wikipedia, which has also been offered under every Free Basics plan. India is expected to have 500...

The Free Basics service aims to offer people who do not have an Internet connection, free access to a handful of websites and a range of services through mobile phones.

Facebook’s Free Basics program was launched with Etisalat Egypt. The service, which has attracted much controversy, provides users with free access to select websites on mobile phones.

“We know that when people have access to the Internet they also get access to jobs, education, healthcare, communication”, said Zuckerberg.

Facebook’s “Free Basics” internet program, which had been providing free basic Internet services to more than three million Egyptians, was shut down on Wednesday reported the Associated Press.

“We’re disappointed that Free Basics will no longer be available in Egypt”, it said.

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The program, launched in around three dozen developing countries, offers pared-down web services on mobile phones, along with access to Facebook’s own social network and messaging services, without charge.

Prince Andrews’ ex-girlfriend Koo Stark has reportedly pulled out of Celebrity Big Brother just days before the new series will begin.

India has become a battleground for Mark Zuckerberg’s plan to roll out Facebook’s Free Basics program with the telecom regulator or TRAI confirming that the plan is on hold till the end of January.

Pitch Perfect costars Anna Camp and Skylar Astin announced that they got engaged over the holiday weekend.

New Delhi, Dec.31: The premier Indian Institute Technology (IIT) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have criticised the social networking giant Facebook’s free basics initiative labelling it as “flawed” and “misleading”.

A court in Mexico granted fugitive 18-year-old Ethan Couch, who faces likely incarceration in Texas, a stay against deportation following his illegal entry into the country, a Mexican migration official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Not only is Donald Trump a “jerk” in the eyes of Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, but he’s also “a creature of Barack Obama”. However, Bush expressed optimism to NPR that “the emotion of the here and now” with Trump “will...

After the pair’s capture Monday in the Pacific resort town of Puerto Vallarta, prosecutors said Tuesday they are unsure of the extent to which they may be punished – owing to the complexities of the juvenile and adult court systems in Texas that officials now find...