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Facebook is planning to come on every phone and the company
has started working on it by coming on U.S. phones without data plans.
According to The New
York Times reports, T-Mobile’s GoSmart Mobile, a low-cost offshoot offering
prepaid services, will start giving free access to Facebook’s social network
and instant-messaging service with almost all of its mobile plans and services.
“This is something that no one else is offering in the
United States,” said Gavin Dillon, T-Mobile’s vice president of partner brands,
in an interview on Tuesday. “It’s really about providing more value for
GoSmart’s cost-conscious customers.”
“Facebook’s mission
is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and
connected, and we’re delighted that GoSmart subscribers, many who don’t have
data access, will be able to use Facebook for free,” Chris Daniels, vice
president of partnerships at Facebook, said in a statement.
However, according to the report, this would have minimal
effect on Facebook usage but this would show the ambition of the company to
bring people of the world online.
Source:
Free Facebook, Common Globally, Finally Comes to American
Mobile Phones - The New York Times (http://goo.gl/sWOCJ4)
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