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\nExpress Wi-Fi is a Mark Zuckerberg-headed Internet<\/a> giant’s initiative aimed at taking affordable broadband to the rural areas of the country in partnerships with internet service companies and small entrepreneurs.
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\n“We are testing Express Wi-Fi program in India currently that allows customers to purchase fast, reliable and affordable data packages from their local ISP (internet service providers) to access the Internet via local hotspots,” a Facebook<\/a> India spokesperson said.
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\nFacebook, however, did not reveal the names of service providers that it is in discussions with, and has left it to its partners to come up with a scalable business model. The social media company on its part has developed customized software for rural markets which will help ISPs<\/a> and\/or entrepreneurs to run a business within their localities, helping bridge coverage gaps in the India’s rural cellular data networks.
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\n“Facebook is investing in the development of the connectivity ecosystem by providing techno-commercial assistance to local ISP partners and entrepreneurs,” a person aware of the matter said.
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\nFacebook’s previous initiative to connect the unconnected through Free Basics had to be pulled out from India after the telecom regulator banned discriminatory pricing of data services, which included zero-rated services.
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But India continues to remain key for Facebook’s future, with 462 million, or around a third of the population with Internet access in June, according to an IAMAI<\/a> report. An Akamai Technologies<\/a> report puts India at 131 out of 189 countries in terms of broadband penetration, underlining the potential.
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India’s telecom regulator is also seeking to give a push to public Wifi<\/a> in the country for the spread of affordable broadband through a consultation process.
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\nCiting industry data, the watchdog added that the increase in the number of Wi-Fi hotspots from 2013 to 2016 has been 568% worldwide while India has demonstrated a growth of a mere 12% during the same period.
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新德里:社交网络巨人脸谱网正与互联网服务提供者(互联网服务提供商)其表达wi - fi计划扩展到商业发射在印度,已完成一个试点推出125年农村公共wi - fi热点地区与国家结盟Bharat Sanchar Nigam说有限公司
表达wi - fi Zuckerberg-headed标志互联网巨人的倡议,旨在采取平价宽带国家的农村地区在伙伴关系与互联网服务公司和小企业家。
“我们正在测试表达wi - fi的项目目前在印度,允许顾客购买快速、可靠和负担得起的包数据从本地ISP(互联网服务提供商)来访问互联网通过当地的热点地区,”脸谱网印度发言人说。
Facebook,然而,并没有透露服务提供者的名称是在讨论,并留下了它的合作伙伴提出一个可伸缩的商业模式。社交媒体公司的部分为农村市场将帮助开发定制的软件互联网服务提供商和/或企业家经营企业在他们的地方,帮助桥覆盖缺口在印度农村蜂窝数据网络。
“Facebook连接生态系统的投资开发本地ISP提供techno-commercial援助伙伴和企业家,”一个人意识到说。
Facebook的前主动连接独立通过自由基础必须退出后从印度电信监管机构禁止歧视性定价数据服务,其中包括不加增值税服务。
但是印度继续保持对未来Facebook的关键,有4.62亿,约三分之一的人口与互联网接入在6月,据一位IAMAI报告。一个Akamai技术报告将印度在131年189个国家的宽带普及率,突显出潜力。
印度电信监管机构也在寻求推动公众无线网络国家的负担得起的宽带的传播通过一个协商的过程。
援引行业数据,监管机构说,增加的wi - fi热点的数量从2013年到2016年全世界的568%,而印度已经演示了一个同期只有12%的增长。
“印度达成目标的一个热点,每150人,8十万的额外的热点将会安装,“监管机构说。
表达wi - fi Zuckerberg-headed标志互联网巨人的倡议,旨在采取平价宽带国家的农村地区在伙伴关系与互联网服务公司和小企业家。
“我们正在测试表达wi - fi的项目目前在印度,允许顾客购买快速、可靠和负担得起的包数据从本地ISP(互联网服务提供商)来访问互联网通过当地的热点地区,”脸谱网印度发言人说。
Facebook,然而,并没有透露服务提供者的名称是在讨论,并留下了它的合作伙伴提出一个可伸缩的商业模式。社交媒体公司的部分为农村市场将帮助开发定制的软件互联网服务提供商和/或企业家经营企业在他们的地方,帮助桥覆盖缺口在印度农村蜂窝数据网络。
“Facebook连接生态系统的投资开发本地ISP提供techno-commercial援助伙伴和企业家,”一个人意识到说。
Facebook的前主动连接独立通过自由基础必须退出后从印度电信监管机构禁止歧视性定价数据服务,其中包括不加增值税服务。
但是印度继续保持对未来Facebook的关键,有4.62亿,约三分之一的人口与互联网接入在6月,据一位IAMAI报告。一个Akamai技术报告将印度在131年189个国家的宽带普及率,突显出潜力。
印度电信监管机构也在寻求推动公众无线网络国家的负担得起的宽带的传播通过一个协商的过程。
援引行业数据,监管机构说,增加的wi - fi热点的数量从2013年到2016年全世界的568%,而印度已经演示了一个同期只有12%的增长。
“印度达成目标的一个热点,每150人,8十万的额外的热点将会安装,“监管机构说。
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