10 years ago
Over $1 Billion Fund to encourage people to develop apps in local languages; high impact apps that help farmers, students, women : Mark Zuckerberg
- Free basic internet access should be like dialing 911 in US or 100 here in India
- Since 2007, Facebook has been working on new apps and services in local languages
- 65% people use Facebook in a language other than English including 10 Indian languages
- India is an amazing country with unlimited potential
'When people are connected, accomplishments are easy,' says Mark Zuckerberg
- Facebook is working extensively in rural India to enhance connectivity.
- Connected people have better access to technology, education and jobs
"Meeting PM Modi tomorrow, he is conmitted to connecting villages online; excited to see how Facebook can help"
Today more than 85% of the people live within the range of an existing network - for these people the problem of connectivity is economic. But the biggest set of barriers is social: Mark Zuckerberg
Today more than 85% of the people live within the range of an existing network - for these people the problem of connectivity is economic. But the biggest set of barriers is social: Mark Zuckerberg
We believe that connectivity is a human right: Mark Zuckerberg
- If you think about the cost about the cost of a mobile phone with an internet connection, a vast majority of that cost is not the phone itself but the internet access.
- We want to build an internet that works for all
- Internet.org is an effort to bring basic internet services to all
India has shown ability to make great leaps: Mark Zuckerberg in Delhi
- Technology has to serve the whole society, connectivity cannot be a privilege of the rich and the powerful.
- When the benefits of technology are shared across the whole society, that's when we can make the big leap.
- Because India has embraced science, the next generation has the opportunity to bring the world to India and India to the world.
- The whole world being robbed of creativity and ideas because so many people in india are not online yet
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg To Meet PM Modi Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, who will begin his two-day visit to India today, is also expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to sources.
