Airtel Customers to get Google Services at Zero Data Cost

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

 

To provide Airtel mobile customers access to mobile web search and feature-phone-friendly versions of Gmail and Google+ in India, Bharti Airtel and Google have jointly announced the launch of Free Zone. The first page of a website linked from search results is provided at no data cost. Free Zone aims to make the web accessible and affordable to all mobile users. Free Zone will enable users to share photos and messages with social groupings of family, friends and business or work associates.

Rajan Anandan, VP & MD, Google India, said, “Working with Airtel on mobile Internet user base means that we can offer Internet services at no cost to anyone with a phone. This gives people easier access to information in a way that benefits everyone, whether it is an individual or a small business that wants to reach more people on the web.”

“Our association with Google to bring Free Zone to India will encourage millions of users to discover the power of mobile internet for the very first time and leverage the amazing world of information search, email and social collaboration at no incremental cost,” said N. Rajaram, CMO, Consumer Business, Bharti Airtel.

While Airtel subscribers will not incur any data charges to access these services on Free Zone powered by Google, access to more advanced services such as attachment download or browse through to web sites from the ones accessed in the free zone would be enabled through the subscription to a standard data package.......See More