Internet.org – an initiative led by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg – has teamed up with Unilever to nail down ways to improve internet access for millions of people across rural India.
The pairing – announced ahead of Zuckerberg’s keynote speech at Mobile World Congress 2014 – will kick off with a study examining issues with cost and infrastructure, but also educational and cultural factors which could be impeding progress. The research will then be used to “inform the development of a series of on-the-ground projects” aiming to improve connectivity in rural India.
Internet.org – which launched in August last year with a group Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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