Question: Social media giant Facebook has partnered with country’s which of the following telecom players to deploy 20,000 internet hotspots through Facebook’s Express Wi-Fi service in India?
(a) Vodafone
(b) Bharti Airtel
(c) Idea
(d) Rcom
Ans(b)
Related facts:
- On May 04, 2017, Social media giant Facebook partnered with country’s largest telecom player Airtel to deploy 20,000 internet hotspots through Facebook’s Express Wi-Fi service in India.
- These hotspots will be installed by the company in the coming few months.
- Facebook has partnered with 500 local entrepreneurs who will sell these services through vouchers that are priced ranging Rs 10-20 for a day or Rs 200-300 for a month.
- Presently this service is available at 700 hotspots across Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Meghalaya.
- The Express Wi-Fi initiative is also live in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria and Indonesia and is being handled from Facebook’s Gurugram office.
- The aim of this initiative is to serve the underserved and under-connected users.
Reference:
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/technology/story/facebook-airtel-launch-express-wi-fi-in-india-users-will-have-to-pay-to-use-it/1/945508.html
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/facebook-starts-express-wifi-services-in-india/article9680259.ece