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-Tanweer On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Nurunnaby Chowdhury <[email protected]>wrote: > FYI > > -- > Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive > Sent from my iPhone > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Jay Walsh" <[email protected]> > Date: Jul 25, 2013 10:26 AM > Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] (press release) Aircel partners with > Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile Wikipedia access through > Wikipedia Zero > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: > > (This press release is also posted online at > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Aircel_partners_with_Wikimedia_Foundation > ) > > Aircel partners with Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile > Wikipedia access through Wikipedia Zero > > [Aircel subscribers to be the first in India to have free access to > Wikipedia on their mobile phones] > > SAN FRANCISCO and NEW DELHI -- July 25, 2013: Aircel and the Wikimedia > Foundation today announced a partnership to offer Wikipedia on mobile > phones without any data charges to Aircel customers. The alliance is > aimed at making knowledge available on Wikipedia accessible to all > Aircel customers in both rural and urban areas for free. This is the > first service of its kind to formally launch in India. > > This partnership is part of the Wikimedia Foundation's Wikipedia Zero > program, which focuses on reaching the billions of people around the > world whose primary opportunity to access the internet is via a mobile > device. The partnership will help provide Wikipedia to 60 million new > users in the region. > > Anupam Vasudev, Chief Marketing Officer for Aircel, said, "Through our > alliance with the Wikimedia Foundation, Aircel is not only making > internet services reach a wider audience, but also helping to > encourage and enrich the lives of our customers by offering access to > knowledge and information free of cost. We are excited about this > partnership and hope this initiative will benefit all our customers > from various age groups." > > "We hail Aircel’s commitment to enhancing and expanding access to free > knowledge for their mobile customers. With the partnership, we extend > our program to India where we potentially reach millions of people for > the first time." said Kul Takanao Wadhwa, Head of Mobile with the > Wikimedia Foundation. "Aircel is one of the operators across the globe > that has contributed towards expanding free access to Wikipedia Zero > to 470 million mobile users." > > Aircel customers will be able to access versions of Wikipedia in > English, Hindi, Tamil, and 17 other Indic languages. > > Aircel is a young, data led telecom player and has been continuously > innovating products and services to offer convenience to its young > customers. The company has recently introduced various noteworthy data > products like Pocket Internet Smart and the recent Pocket Internet 24, > which offers internet at less than 1 rupee a day. Therefore, Aircel > aims to empower and inspire the youth by enhancing their data > experience. > > Questions and answers about this partnership can be found at: > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mobile_partnerships#Aircel > > About Aircel Limited > http://www.aircel.com > Aircel is one of India’s leading pan India operators. It won 3G > spectrum in 13 circles and BWA spectrum in 8 circles and has > successfully launched 3G services which is the fastest 3G roll out > ever in the Indian Telecom Space. Aircel has been constantly > innovating products and services and is credited with making 3G > affordable to masses by launching Pocket Internet Smart which offers > best value 3G packs. Aircel Pocket Internet Smart gave a boost to 3G > adoption in the country as it is a true value for money product that > allows consumers to access unlimited 3G data at extremely affordable > prices. Aircel has positioned itself as a data led telecom player and > has addressed the multi-functionality of a mobile phone in many > innovative ways which are Industry firsts, be it the Aircel Pocket > Internet, Pocket Internet Games and Facebook Voice Updates on Aircel. > Aircel is also a preferred telecom network to launch Apple iPhone 3GS, > iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and iPhone 5. For more information, please log on > to www.aircel.com. > > About the Wikimedia Foundation > http://wikimediafoundation.org > http://blog.wikimedia.org > The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates > Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, > Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation > receive more than 517 million unique visitors per month, making them > the fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, April 2013). > Available in 285 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 25 million > articles contributed by a global volunteer community of roughly 80,000 > people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation > is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through > donations and grants. > > Wikimedia Foundation media contact > > Matthew Roth > Communications > +1 415-839-6885 ext 6635 (San Francisco) > mroth(at)wikimedia.org > > Aircel media contact > > Bhavya Suri > Corporate Communications > + 91 8802999046 (India) > bhavya.suri(at)aircel.co.in > > _______________________________________________ > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia > community. 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