Facebook, Ericsson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera, Qualcomm, Samsung Form Internet.org, AimTo Connect "The Next 5 Billion People"

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Facebook, Ericsson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera, Qualcomm, Samsung Form Internet.org, AimTo Connect "The Next 5 Billion People"

Facebook has just announced a partnership with Samsung, Ericsson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera and Qualcomm to launch Internet.org. The goal is to provide Internet to as many people as possible, including the next 5 billion people on the planet.

"Everything Facebook has done has been about giving all people around the world the power to connect," Zuckerberg said in a statement. "There are huge barriers in developing countries to connecting and joining the knowledge economy. Internet.org brings together a global partnership that will work to overcome these challenges, including making internet access available to those who cannot currently afford it."

The three major initiatives of the partnership

Right now, Facebook says, just 2.7 billion people have access to the Internet on Earth. That means about two-thirds of the planet still isn’t connected, and these companies want to spur the growth by providing affordable Internet. The companies will work together on data-compression technologies and cheap, high-quality smartphones to make the web cheaper.

Internet.org will focus on making tools so that we use data more efficiently, helping businesses get access to the Internet, and creating low-cost options. “Mobile operators will play a central role in this effort by driving initiatives that benefit the entire ecosystem,” the group said, though it didn’t name any mobile operators that are currently on board with the project.

The group said it will publish its planned activities in the coming weeks. It will be interesting to see how their plan works to bring internet access to "The Next 5 Billion People". I grew up as a gamer and was always fixing computers, yet my own mother has no clue how to connect to the internet unless the browser was open. She just never cared for it. So how on earth are these people going to deal with tech issues.

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