Mobilink has launched Wikipedia Zero with the aim of providing its customers with free access to the world’s largest general reference database. The source will be available for Mobilink’s prepaid customers who will have free access round the clock to the full mobile version of Wikipedia. Mobilink customers will also be able to view these articles in Urdu on supported handsets.
Farid Ahmad, Vice President Marketing Mobilink commenting on the launch of Wikipedia Zero said:
As Pakistan’s leading mobile internet provider we are proud to partner with the world’s sixth largest website to offer our customers free access to Wikipedia. We hope that our customers will enjoy browsing through Wikipedia on Pakistan’s fastest mobile data network.’
The free Wikipedia service is offered in continuation of Mobilink’s ideology of providing its customers the best mobile internet experience. On the other hand, this service will also complement Mobilink’s recent contract with UNESCO for its mTaleem projects where under and unprivileged women from the rural areas are formally taught through mobile phone services and SMS.
The service is available for all new and existing prepaid customers free of cost by accessing Wikipedia at m.wikipedia.org or zero.wikipedia.org from either their native mobile browser or through Opera Mini.
