Facebook has withdrawn its Free Basics service from India, after the country’s telecom regulator banned discriminatory pricing for different data services on Feb. 8. The decision has been a huge setback for the company, which had been promoting Free Basics as a “free” platform to connect Indians to the Internet, through an extensive campaign.
“Free Basics is no longer available to people in India,” a Facebook spokesperson said. This decisions comes after an announcement by its telecom partner Reliance Communications, that Free Basics would be a paid platform Read more…
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