Mark Zuckerberg's ambitious mission to provide free Internet access to rural India was rejected by the people it was intended to help long before the country's regulators banned it earlier this month.

Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook are on a quest to save Free Basics, their initiative to that end previously known as Internet.org, a project designed to provide limited access to internet services to… By ...

Not everyone is a fan of Internet.org, Facebook's non-profit that aims to introduce internet access to "the most disadvantaged" parts of the world. Since its February rollout in India, several big ...

Indian consumers check their mobile telephones at a free Wi-Fi Internet zone in Mumbai. Credit: INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images A few months after India banned Facebook's Free Basics platform for ...

Facebook, through its Free Basics platform, hopes to bring the Internet to people in emerging markets. But not all countries are on board. Here’s why. Although Facebook isn’t the only company involved ...

Facebook, which has been facing criticism from some quarters in India for its Internet.org service, has opened up its free internet platform as the Free Basics app. The app and web platform, providing ...

After sustaining heavy criticism that led to several partners pulling out their services, Facebook's Internet.org app has now been rebranded as Free Basics. Together with the name change, key changes ...

Facebook’s Internet.org program, intended to supply free Internet to people in developing countries, is renaming its app “Free Basics”–and allowing developers greater flexibility in creating apps for ...

Chris Daniels, vice-president of Internet.org, announcing Free Basics app. The app and web platform, providing access to over 250 services, is now live in 19 countries including India and will be part ...

Running an Internet business involves an understanding of how consumers buy products and complete transactions over the Web. Internet business owners must treat their business as if they were ...