MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – The Internet.org project will be implemented jointly with the administration of Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela in the coming weeks or months and will make internet access free for those willing to look at online information relating to health, security, transport and education, Zuckerberg said at the Second CEO Summit of the Americas, as quoted by the Mexican Televisa channel on Thursday.
Thanks to @facebook and their http://t.co/U6lGCuNcBY project. We have free net now through @SMARTCares @SMARTPromos. pic.twitter.com/96GYWIBxJ6
— Bernard Badilla (@bbadilla11) April 3, 2015
According to the Facebook CEO, the new project took about 2-3 years to develop and similar initiatives have already been implemented in several other countries, including Colombia and Guatemala.
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