- As a result of partnership with mobile phone operators in Malaysia in 2012 Wikipedia can be read for free, around 350 million mobile phone subscribers can read it
- The concept was inspired by Facebook Zero a social network ambition to avail this for mobile centric audiences globally
- Two key priorities through this is (1) building new international audiences (2) focusing on mobile devices, as per deputy director of the Wikimedia Foundation, Erik Moller
- Association with mobile operators anyone can read and edit for free, now Wikipedia Zero can be used world wide
- Wikipedia Zero now stretches to Thailand, Saudia Arabia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Jordan and Bangladesh, and this year also added Kosovo, Nepal and Kyrgyzstan
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/wikipedia-free-on-mobile-for-developing-world/article6299826.ece