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Online major Alibaba is planning to offer free Internet services in partnership with telecom service providers in India, according to a Business Insider report.
Company’s search and software arm UCWeb , acquired in 2014, earlier said that it was looking at newer opportunities in India while adding that last-mile access would be a big challenge.
The report quoted Jack Huang, President of Overseas Business, Alibaba Mobile Business as saying, ““We are trying to offer lower cost data to users and better connectivity, even free of cost connectivity. Wi-Fi providers and other players can be potentials and we are in talk”.
UCWeb has recently committed an investment of Rs 120 crore in the digital space in India.
China-based Alibaba ’s mobile division plans to compete with US-headquartered Internet giant such as Google and Facebook, and has recently launched compensation-backed plan for users contributing digital content to its platform.
Both Facebook and Google are running Wi-Fi programs in India to increase rural internet penetration in the country.
Mark Zuckerberg-driven Facebook already tied with state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL ) to offer W-Fi services in as many as 125 villages.
Google in partnership with RailTel , a communications arm of the Indian Railways has completed Internet connectivity at 100 railway stations to offer free data services to passengers and plans to scale this initiative to 400 stations.
New entrant Reliance Jio has commercially launched fourth-generation (4G) services on September 5, 2016 with free data offer under the promo offer, and unlimited voice calls for lifetime, which has led to sharp decline in data tariff among rival operators in India.
alibaba plans to partner telcos, to offer free internet, Telecom News, ET Telecom
Company’s search and software arm UCWeb , acquired in 2014, earlier said that it was looking at newer opportunities in India while adding that last-mile access would be a big challenge.
The report quoted Jack Huang, President of Overseas Business, Alibaba Mobile Business as saying, ““We are trying to offer lower cost data to users and better connectivity, even free of cost connectivity. Wi-Fi providers and other players can be potentials and we are in talk”.
UCWeb has recently committed an investment of Rs 120 crore in the digital space in India.
China-based Alibaba ’s mobile division plans to compete with US-headquartered Internet giant such as Google and Facebook, and has recently launched compensation-backed plan for users contributing digital content to its platform.
Both Facebook and Google are running Wi-Fi programs in India to increase rural internet penetration in the country.
Mark Zuckerberg-driven Facebook already tied with state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL ) to offer W-Fi services in as many as 125 villages.
Google in partnership with RailTel , a communications arm of the Indian Railways has completed Internet connectivity at 100 railway stations to offer free data services to passengers and plans to scale this initiative to 400 stations.
New entrant Reliance Jio has commercially launched fourth-generation (4G) services on September 5, 2016 with free data offer under the promo offer, and unlimited voice calls for lifetime, which has led to sharp decline in data tariff among rival operators in India.
alibaba plans to partner telcos, to offer free internet, Telecom News, ET Telecom
