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| ==Availability== | | ==Availability== |
− | One year after the launch of Free Basics, Facebook was working with more than a dozen mobile operators across 17 countries to give more than a billion people "access to relevant basic internet services without data charges".<ref name="fb"></ref> By 2016 April, the service was offered to | + | One year after the launch of Free Basics, Facebook was working with more than a dozen mobile operators across 17 countries to give more than a billion people "access to relevant basic internet services without data charges".<ref name="fb"></ref> By 2016 April, the service was offered in the following 37 countries,via the following operators:<ref name="operators">[https://info.internet.org/en/story/where-weve-launched/ Where We've Launched], Internet.org. Retrieved 2016 April 23.</ref> |
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| + | * '''Africa & Middle East''' |
| + | ** Angola ([[Movicel]]) |
| + | ** Benin ([[MTN]]) |
| + | ** Cape Verde ([[Unitel]]) |
| + | ** Democratic Republic of the Congo ([[Airtel]], [[Tigo]]) |
| + | ** Gabon ([[Airtel]]) |
| + | ** Ghana ([[Airtel]]) |
| + | ** Guinea ([[Cellcom]]) |
| + | ** Guinea-Bissau ([[MTN]]) |
| + | ** Iraq ([[Korek]]) |
| + | ** Kenya ([[Airtel]]) |
| + | ** Liberia ([[Cellcom]]) |
| + | ** Malawi ([[Airtel & TNM]]) |
| + | ** Mauritania ([[Mauritel]]) |
| + | ** Mozambique ([[Mcel]]) |
| + | ** Niger ([[Airtel]]) |
| + | ** Rwanda ([[Airtel]]) |
| + | ** Senegal ([[Tigo]]) |
| + | ** Seychelles ([[Airtel]]) |
| + | ** South Africa ([[Cell C]]) |
| + | ** Tanzania ([[Tigo]]) |
| + | ** Zambia ([[Airtel]]) |
| + | * '''Asia Pacific''' |
| + | ** Bangladesh ([[[[Grameenphone]] & [[Robi]]]]) |
| + | ** Cambodia ([[Smart Axiata]]) |
| + | ** Indonesia ([[Indosat]]) |
| + | ** Maldives ([[Ooredoo]]) |
| + | ** Mongolia ([[[[G-Mobile]], [[Mobicom]] & [[Skytel]]) |
| + | ** Pakistan ([[Telenor & Zong]]) |
| + | ** Philippines ([[Globe & Smart]]) |
| + | ** Thailand ([[DTAC & TrueMove]]) |
| + | ** Timor-Leste ([[Telkomcel]]) |
| + | ** Vanuatu ([[Telecom]]) |
| + | * '''Latin America''' |
| + | ** Bolivia ([[Viva]]) |
| + | ** Colombia ([[Tigo]]) |
| + | ** Guatemala ([[Tigo]]) |
| + | ** Mexico ([[Virgin]]) |
| + | ** Panama ([[Digicel]]) |
| + | ** Peru ([[Entel]]) |
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| ==Criticisms & Controversies== | | ==Criticisms & Controversies== |