A consortium of, among others, Samsung, Qualcomm, Nokia, and Opera is at the initiative of Facebook, the project Internet.org started. The aim of the project is to tweederdedeel of the world that now is offline, on the internet to get cheap connections and smartphones.
In addition to Facebook and six companies are behind the initiative, supported: Samsung, Qualcomm, MediaTek, Ericsson, Nokia and Opera. According to Marc Zuckerberg, ceo of Facebook, are 5 billion people not yet online. “The purpose of Internet.org is to make the internet available to the two thirds of the world not yet connected and to bring the same opportunities to everyone that the part with internet access today.”
According to the ceo must Internet.org a global partnership that the blockade lifting in developing countries have online access. This must, among other things, with the roll-out of cheap internet, including mobile access, and with the provision of affordable smartphones happen. The consortium will also create new business models for isps, mobile providers and manufacturers support, to reduce the cost of devices and internet access to be able to decrease.
Further aims of the partnership to more efficient use of data, so that mobile sites and apps also with less fast connections, fast loading. Finally, the group of companies, the number of languages on mobile devices expand, so that more people can use them. Internet.org is one of the many initiatives that attempt of people in developing countries, a market with enormous growth opportunities, online to get. Among other things Google is working on several initiatives, such as the recently launched Project Loon.