Aircel partners Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile Wikipedia access

Aircel and the Wikimedia Foundation today announced partnership to offer Wikipedia on mobile phones without any data charges to Aircel customers. The alliance is aimed at making knowledge available on Wikipedia accessible to all Aircel customers in both rural and urban areas for free.  
 
This partnership is part of the Wikimedia Foundation's Wikipedia Zero program, which focuses on reaching billions of people around the world whose primary opportunity to access the internet is via a mobile device.

This partnership between Aircel and the Wikimedia Foundation will help provide Wikipedia to 60 million new users in the region.
 
Anupam Vasudev, Chief Marketing Officer for Aircel said, “Through this alliance, Aircel is not only making internet services reach a wider audience, but also help encourage and enrich the lives of our customers by offering access to knowledge and information free of cost.”
 
Aircel customers will be able to access versions of Wikipedia in English, Hindi, Tamil, and 17 other Indic languages.

Kul Takanao Wadhwa, Head of Mobile with Wikimedia Foundation said, “Aircel is one of the operators across the globe that has contributed towards expanding free access to Wikipedia Zero to 470 mn mobile users.”

Aircel has recently introduced various data products like Pocket Internet Smart and the recent one being Pocket Internet 24, which offers internet at less than Rs 1 a day.