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Smart brings Wikipedia Zero to PH

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Smart Communications and Wikimedia foundation have recently inked a deal which will allow the two parties to give Smart, Talk ‘N Text and Sun Cellular subscribers free and unlimited access to Wikipedia through the initiative called Wikipedia Zero.

It’s almost been a year since we brought you the news about Wikipedia Zero, and if you can remember, neither Smart nor Globe were on the initial list of telcos that expressed their intent to bring Wikipedia Zero to their respective regions.

Luckily, Smart Communications had a change of hearts and formalized its partnership with Wikimedia Zero to bring Wikipedia Zero to the Philippines. Through this initiative, accessing m.wikipedia.org, zero.wikipedia.org, Wikipedia apps, as well as other Wikimedia sites on their mobile device will not incur additional data charges to all Smart, Sun Cellular and Talk ‘N Text subscribers.

As stated on our previous report, Wikipedia Zero will be a “lightweight and text-only version” of the desktop site, which will not eat too much of the telco’s bandwidth, as well as making it easier to load on the user’s mobile browser. Free access to Wikipedia started last Friday, September 5, and will end on February 13, 2015.

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Wikipedia Zero: cost-free access to Wikipedia

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As part of their credo to provide “access to free knowledge for every single person on the planet”, WikiMedia Foundation, in partnership with service providers, is planning to give free access to Wikipedia, particularly in areas where internet access is limited.

wikipedia zero

We assume that Wikipedia Zero will work similarly to the free Facebook access being offered Globe. However, since some of the pages require an ample amount of data, the team is planning to limit the Wikipedia Zero to a lightweight, text-only version; thus cutting load time and making it less cumbersome for the partner telco.

There are already a number of service providers all over the world that signed up for this noble cause. Unfortunately, neither of the top local telcos were on the list, but we’re hoping that they too will join this online initiative.

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Wikipedia Zero: cost-free access to Wikipedia

Ronnie Bulaong Leave a comment

As part of their credo to provide “access to free knowledge for every single person on the planet”, WikiMedia Foundation, in partnership with service providers, is planning to give free access to Wikipedia, particularly in areas where internet access is limited.

wikipedia zero

We assume that Wikipedia Zero will work similarly to the free Facebook access being offered Globe. However, since some of the pages require an ample amount of data, the team is planning to limit the Wikipedia Zero to a lightweight, text-only version; thus cutting load time and making it less cumbersome for the partner telco.

There are already a number of service providers all over the world that signed up for this noble cause. Unfortunately, neither of the top local telcos were on the list, but we’re hoping that they too will join this online initiative.

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Wikipedia Zero: cost-free access to Wikipedia

Ronnie Bulaong Leave a comment

As part of their credo to provide “access to free knowledge for every single person on the planet”, WikiMedia Foundation, in partnership with service providers, is planning to give free access to Wikipedia, particularly in areas where internet access is limited.

wikipedia zero

We assume that Wikipedia Zero will work similarly to the free Facebook access being offered Globe. However, since some of the pages require an ample amount of data, the team is planning to limit the Wikipedia Zero to a lightweight, text-only version; thus cutting load time and making it less cumbersome for the partner telco.

There are already a number of service providers all over the world that signed up for this noble cause. Unfortunately, neither of the top local telcos were on the list, but we’re hoping that they too will join this online initiative.

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