Facebook launched a new text only based version of its mobile website that will be accessible in 45 countries from 50 carriers. The real twist, however, is that the site will be accessible without its users incurring any data charges.
This new, limited version of Facebook, dubbed 0.Facebook.com, will include no photos or videos – merely links to them. If users choose to follow those links to photo or video content, or to follow links to other sites, they will be charged for the data by their carrier at normal rates after confirming their intentions on a notification page. According to Facebook’s Sid Murlidhar, 0.Facebook.com users will be able to “update their status, view their News Feed, like or comment on posts, send and reply to messages, or write on their friends’ Wall just as they do on Facebook.com.”
Below are the list of countries with operators who are providing it.
Soon, 0.facebook.com will also be available from the following operators: Telstra in Australia, Movistar in El Salvador, SFR in France, XL in Indonesia, DiGi in Malaysia, Telecom NZ in New Zealand, SMART in the Philippines, Vodafone in Qatar, Digicel in Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, 3 in the UK, and MTN in Cameroon and Guinea Conakry.
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