Mamata backs Sourav Ganguly for ICC role, says shocked at removal from BCCI.The question remains why should users pay extra to keep Facebook or WhatsApp free or rather why should other apps be chargeable for users.
Again while the word free appears to be operative in this pack, this too violates Net Neutrality. No matter how you look, it’s a splintered version of Internet that Facebook is offering with, which is a violation of Net Neutrality.Ģ) The free WhatsApp packs: In 2012, Reliance had announced that it would offer free Facebook and WhatsApp to its GSM users for Rs 16 per month, without any extra data costs. But the catch? The definition of ‘free Internet’ was restricted to Facebook, and a list of sites that the company had teamed up with, which included the likes of ClearTrip, Wikipedia, Bing Search, etc. In theory this sounds like a benevolent scheme, except that the way it functions is a violation of Net Neutrality.įacebook in February announced that it was tying up with to provide free access on 2G and 3G networks in select parts of the country.
When asked about introducing 4G, the official said that work is in progress and the service will be ready before the end of this year.1) The Reliance-Facebook deal for : Facebook’s idea with is to provide free Internet access to those areas of the world where the facilities might not be available and to those who can’t afford it. Stating that the company, with 7,000 cell towers, has already connected 5,000 towers to 3G service, Sankara Narayanan said that the new product will allow the customers 24x7 all day browsing, all day unlimited data use free of charge.Īircel is targeting those 70 percent of customers who were using Internet less than 10 days, accounting for roughly 66MB per month, he said. The company is also working on a postpaid package, since the Internet was almost free for postpaid users on their bill plan, he said. 144, with 64Kbps for 90 days free data after activation, he said. With this new product, Aircel subscribers will be able to browse and actively use with their favourite applications such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, besides accessing their daily need applications like banks and travel, paying of utility bills, he said.
The product has been specially designed keeping in view the dramatic increase of mobile data users, for whom data usage is as much a part of their daily lives as voice calling, Sankara Narayanan, Strategic Head, South, Aircel, told reporters in Coimbatore. India's leading mobile service providers Aircel Thursday introduced free basic Internet for all new customers, claimed to be first of kind in India.
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