After India, Facebook Launches Internet.org In Pakistan

The social media network has now decided to launch Internet.org in Pakistan through telecom company Telenor.

After the raging success of Internet.org launched by Facebook in India, the firm received an excellent response from the South Asian region which is why the social networking site has decided to carry out the same task in its neighboring country now. Among the many countries that the media company is planning to launch this venture in, Pakistan is the next one after India. The social media giant has collaborated with Telenor, which is one of the biggest telecom services providers in the country.

Internet.org is an app which for those areas of the country where internet providing services are generally unable to reach. For customers who wish to use the internet but are unable to do so due to the unavailability of internet in there are can make use of this app in the best possible way, as done by the Indian users where the media company has observed a massive increase in the usage since the launch of internet.org.

Keeping in mind that Pakistan is a developing country and there are still many areas in the state where internet services are not available, this idea of Mark Zuckerberg is going to help the people of the country by a mile. For people who wish to use internet services in the country but for some reason or the other could not do so in the past, can take full advantage of this service being offered by the networking giant through Telenor. Both the companies have decided to further announce more plans in the upcoming press release to be held in a day’s time.

Internet.org has been launched in around six countries already by Facebook where the firm managed to provide free internet access over some particular sites to the customers who were previously deprived of the luxury. In India, however, this service has received quite a lot of criticism over the fact that the app is affecting the net neutrality and equality that is to be followed by all according to the laws. The usage in the country was seen to expand on a massive rate with more a million users starting their social media journey on the networking site.

Internet.org through Telenor will be providing free access to the users for around 20 websites, as stated in a recent release. According to a report by Bidness ETC, Telenor does not seem to be the only network that will be reached by Facebook and it is expected that very soon, this service will be provided by other telecom giants of the industry like Ufone and Mobilink.