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interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%B0%E2%80%99" title="ৱিকিপিডিয়া জিৰ’ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ৱিকিপিডিয়া জিৰ’" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B" title="উইকিপিডিয়া জিরো – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া জিরো" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia_Zero" title="Viquipèdia Zero – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Viquipèdia Zero" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedie_Zero" title="Wikipedie Zero – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wikipedie Zero" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88" title="ویکی‌پدیا زیرو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا زیرو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC_%EC%A0%9C%EB%A1%9C" title="위키백과 제로 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과 제로" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%A1_%D4%B6%D6%80%D5%B8" title="Վիքիպեդիա Զրո – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վիքիպեդիա Զրո" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF" title="विकिपीडिया शून्य – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकिपीडिया शून्य" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95" title="ויקיפדיה זירו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ויקיפדיה זירו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8B" title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ സീറോ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ സീറോ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AE%E1%80%80%E1%80%AE%E1%80%95%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%92%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8_%E1%80%9E%E1%80%AF%E1%80%8A" title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား သုည – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား သုည" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tn mw-list-item"><a href="https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero_(Setswana)" title="Wikipedia Zero (Setswana) – Tswana" lang="tn" hreflang="tn" data-title="Wikipedia Zero (Setswana)" data-language-autonym="Setswana" data-language-local-name="Tswana" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Setswana</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DA%AA%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%DA%8A%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88" title="وڪيپيڊيا زيرو – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="وڪيپيڊيا زيرو" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia_Zero" title="Wikipédia Zero – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Wikipédia Zero" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%86" title="ویکیپیدیا زیرۆ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ویکیپیدیا زیرۆ" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%BF" title="விக்கிப்பீடியா சுழி – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="விக்கிப்பீடியா சுழி" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tet mw-list-item"><a href="https://tet.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia_Zero" title="Wikipédia Zero – Tetum" lang="tet" hreflang="tet" data-title="Wikipédia Zero" data-language-autonym="Tetun" data-language-local-name="Tetum" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tetun</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Wikipedia Zero" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88" title="ویکیپیڈیا زیرو – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ویکیپیڈیا زیرو" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" 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href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> to provide access to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> free of charge on mobile phones via <a href="/wiki/Zero-rating" title="Zero-rating">zero-rating</a>, particularly in <a href="/wiki/Developing_markets" class="mw-redirect" title="Developing markets">developing markets</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The objective of the program was to facilitate access to free knowledge for low-income pupils and students, by means of waiving the network traffic cost. With 97 operators in over 72 countries, it was estimated that access to Wikipedia was provided to more than 800 million people through the program.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The program ended in 2018. </p><p>The program was launched in 2012,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and won the 2013 <a href="/wiki/South_by_Southwest" title="South by Southwest">South by Southwest</a> Interactive Award for activism.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It received criticism over the years for violating the principle of <a href="/wiki/Net_neutrality" title="Net neutrality">net neutrality</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2018, the project announced the end of the initiative, stating that it would take a new strategy on partnerships.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite providing service to 900 million persons, the project was seen as jeopardized by a lack of growth, and by the declining price of cell phone data.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Facebook_Zero" title="Facebook Zero">Facebook Zero</a> has been cited as an inspiration for Wikipedia Zero.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_Zero&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikipedia_Zero_countries.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Wikipedia_Zero_countries.svg/220px-Wikipedia_Zero_countries.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Wikipedia_Zero_countries.svg/330px-Wikipedia_Zero_countries.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Wikipedia_Zero_countries.svg/440px-Wikipedia_Zero_countries.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="780" data-file-height="378" /></a><figcaption>Countries with Wikipedia Zero are shown in (green), and countries that were planned to get Wikipedia Zero are shown in (blue), 30 August 2018.</figcaption></figure> <p>The map alongside shows the broad scale of launches. </p><p>In addition to that, <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/mobile_partnerships" class="extiw" title="wmf:mobile partnerships">Wikimedia Foundation: mobile network partners</a> has a complete list of participating mobile networks and launch dates. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Countries that got Wikipedia Zero </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Country </th> <th>Date </th> <th>Company </th></tr> <tr> <td>Malaysia </td> <td>12 May 2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Digi_Telecommunications" class="mw-redirect" title="Digi Telecommunications">Digi Telecommunications</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kenya </td> <td>26 July 2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orange_S.A." class="mw-redirect" title="Orange S.A.">Orange S.A.</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Thailand </td> <td>October 2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DTAC" title="DTAC">dtac</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saudi Arabia </td> <td>October 2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Telecom_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Telecom Company">Saudi Telecom Company</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Pakistan </td> <td>May 2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mobilink" class="mw-redirect" title="Mobilink">Mobilink</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sri Lanka </td> <td>June 2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dialog_Axiata" title="Dialog Axiata">Dialog Axiata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jordan </td> <td>October 2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Umniah" title="Umniah">Umniah</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bangladesh </td> <td>October 2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Banglalink" title="Banglalink">Banglalink</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kosovo </td> <td>April 2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/IPKO" title="IPKO">IPKO</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nepal </td> <td>May 2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ncell" title="Ncell">Ncell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kyrgyzstan </td> <td>May 2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beeline_(brand)" title="Beeline (brand)">Beeline</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nigeria </td> <td>May 2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Airtel_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Airtel Nigeria">Airtel Nigeria</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ukraine </td> <td>October 2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyivstar" title="Kyivstar">Kyivstar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ghana </td> <td>December 2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MTN_Ghana" class="mw-redirect" title="MTN Ghana">MTN Ghana</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Angola </td> <td>December 2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unitel_(Angola)" title="Unitel (Angola)">Unitel S.A.</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Algeria </td> <td>January 2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Djezzy" title="Djezzy">Djezzy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Moldova </td> <td>July 2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moldcell" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ae/Open_Letter_for_Free_Access_to_Wikipedia_%28EN_subtitles%29.webm/Open_Letter_for_Free_Access_to_Wikipedia_%28EN_subtitles%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ae/Open_Letter_for_Free_Access_to_Wikipedia_%28EN_subtitles%29.webm/Open_Letter_for_Free_Access_to_Wikipedia_%28EN_subtitles%29.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ae/Open_Letter_for_Free_Access_to_Wikipedia_%28EN_subtitles%29.webm/Open_Letter_for_Free_Access_to_Wikipedia_%28EN_subtitles%29.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AOpen_Letter_for_Free_Access_to_Wikipedia_%28EN_subtitles%29.webm&lang=ar&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="ar" label="العربية ‪(ar)‬" data-dir="rtl" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AOpen_Letter_for_Free_Access_to_Wikipedia_%28EN_subtitles%29.webm&lang=en&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="en" label="English ‪(en)‬" data-dir="ltr" /></video></span><figcaption>Promotional video about free access to Wikipedia, featuring a <a href="/wiki/Sinenjongo_High_School" title="Sinenjongo High School">school-class from South Africa</a> and their open letter to telecommunication companies</figcaption></figure> <p>The <i>Subsecretaria de Telecomunicaciones</i> of Chile ruled that <a href="/wiki/Zero-rating" title="Zero-rating">zero-rating</a> services like Wikipedia Zero, <a href="/wiki/Facebook_Zero" title="Facebook Zero">Facebook Zero</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Google_Free_Zone" title="Google Free Zone">Google Free Zone</a>, that subsidize mobile data usage, violate <a href="/wiki/Net_neutrality" title="Net neutrality">net neutrality</a> laws and had to end the practice by 1 June 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation" title="Electronic Frontier Foundation">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a> has said, "Whilst we appreciate the intent behind efforts such as Wikipedia Zero, ultimately zero rated services are a dangerous compromise."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Accessnow.org" class="mw-redirect" title="Accessnow.org">Accessnow.org</a> has been more critical, saying, "<a href="/wiki/Wikimedia" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikimedia">Wikimedia</a> has always been a champion for <a href="/wiki/Open_access" title="Open access">open</a> <a href="/wiki/Access_to_information" class="mw-redirect" title="Access to information">access to information</a>, but it's crucial to call out zero-rating programs for what they are: Myopic deals that do great damage to the future of the open internet".<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a>'s Gayle Karen Young defended the program to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>, saying, "We have a complicated relationship to net neutrality. We believe in <a href="/wiki/Net_neutrality_in_the_United_States" title="Net neutrality in the United States">net neutrality in America</a>", while adding that Wikipedia Zero required a different perspective in other countries: "Partnering with telecom companies in the near term, it blurs the net neutrality line in those areas. It fulfills our overall mission, though, which is providing free knowledge".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Journalist Hilary Heuler argued that "for many, zero-rated programs would limit online access to the 'walled gardens' offered by the web heavyweights. For millions of users, Facebook and Wikipedia would end up being synonymous with 'internet'."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, researchers evaluating how the similar program Facebook Zero shapes <a href="/wiki/Information_and_communications_technology" title="Information and communications technology">information and communications technology</a> use in the <a href="/wiki/Developing_world" class="mw-redirect" title="Developing world">developing world</a> found that 11% of Indonesians who said they used Facebook also said they did not use the Internet. 65% of Nigerians and 61% of Indonesians agree with the statement that "Facebook is the Internet" compared with only 5% in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An article in <i><a href="/wiki/Vice_(magazine)" title="Vice (magazine)">Vice</a></i> magazine notes that the free access via Wikipedia Zero made <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons" title="Wikimedia Commons">Wikimedia Commons</a> a preferred way for its users in Bangladesh and elsewhere to share <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyrighted</a> material illicitly. This caused problems at Wikimedia Commons (where uploading media that is not <a href="/wiki/Free_content" title="Free content">free-licensed</a> is forbidden). The <i>Vice</i> article is critical of the situation created by Wikipedia Zero and of the backlash among Wikimedia Commons editors, arguing: "Because they can't afford access to <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> and the rest of the internet, Wikipedia has become the internet for lots of <a href="/wiki/Bangladeshi" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangladeshi">Bangladeshis</a>. What's crazy, then, is that a bunch of more-or-less random editors who happen to want to be the <a href="/wiki/Copyright_infringement" title="Copyright infringement">piracy</a> police are dictating the means of access for an entire population of people."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_Zero&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_for_Affordable_Internet" title="Alliance for Affordable Internet">Alliance for Affordable Internet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Free_Zone" title="Google Free Zone">Google Free Zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet.org" title="Internet.org">Internet.org</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Facebook_for_SIM" title="Facebook for SIM">Facebook for SIM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airtel_Zero" title="Airtel Zero">Airtel Zero</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_Zero&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output 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