Facebook initially launched "Free Basics" as a way to bring basic internet services to countries with limited or no traditional internet connectivity, but now it sounds like the company is working ...

There are lots of problems with the Free Basics in India, both in conception and execution, but the question must be asked: Isn’t something better than nothing? Quite frankly, one of the only reasons ...

Facebook claims that 3 million people in Egypt signed up for the "Free Basics" service which started in the region two months ago, of which 1 million received internet access for the first time. Apart ...

Ever since the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India suspended the service in India, Facebook has been carrying out massive ad campaigns on print media and billboards, on an almost daily basis now, ...

Today, Mark Zuckerberg published a lengthy opinion article in The Times Of India defending his attempt to connect millions of people to the Internet via a suite of Facebook-approved apps. It’s called ...