Arun 795 Report post Posted May 19, 2010 Reuters May 19, 2010, 11.15 AM IST Facebook, the largest social networking portal has rolled out a new mobile site “0.facebook.com” along with around 50 mobile operators in 45 countries and territories with zero data charges. This new offering has been optimized to deliver a speedier user interface for people who access Facebook via their mobile on the go across the globe. Facebook’s 0.facebook.com is simply a faster and lighter version of Facebook’s mobile site m.facebook.com. The 0.facebook.com has been composed of all of the key features of Facebook, with no graphics or photos in order to make it faster. To bring this new service for the Indian users, Facebook has tied up with one of the leading mobile service providers in India, Reliance Communications (RCOM). With this status updates and photo uploads on Facebook are only one click away from 0.facebook.com for Reliance users. The service is being made available as a zero data charges in order to relieve the users from the hassles of cost of data plans. Yet, standard data charges will apply when a person leaves 0.facebook.com to view photos. “Facebook is a great social utility connecting people with their close network of friends and others. Indians have already embraced Facebook in a big way to keep up with friends, share photos and links and videos. We’re extremely delighted to announce that thanks to our collaboration with Facebook, millions of our subscribers will now be able to access Facebook for free through 0.facebook.com. We are happy to announce this offer to all of our GSM/RTL subscribers,” said Mr. Anil Pande, Head – VAS, Reliance Communications. Besides RCOM, Videocon is the other mobile operator in the country which would be providing the service of 0.facebook.com (according to the data on Facebook’s official page). Do note that though browsing 0.facebook.com from any Reliance Mobile service enabled handsets is free, you will be charged with data charges if you leave that link. For instance, if you happen to be on 0.facebook.com and click on the photos recently posted by your friend, then you'll be charged standard data charges for viewing those photos outside the 0.facebook.com link. The mobile only version – 0.facebook.com – will be currently available for two operators in India, Reliance & Videocon and Tata Docomo will soon join the ranks as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bablus 66 Report post Posted May 21, 2010 Has anyone tried? No charges at all? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gmkarthikeyhan 2 Report post Posted May 23, 2010 confirm this!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gmkarthikeyhan 2 Report post Posted May 23, 2010 Its only for RGSM not for RCDMA correct me if i am wrong!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
konquerror 21 Report post Posted May 23, 2010 Yes, it's only for GSM, not CDMA...confirmed... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anbujohn 0 Report post Posted June 1, 2010 actually when i tried from ma mboile browser !! u r mobile operator has nt recognized for free facebook browsing......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arun 795 Report post Posted June 1, 2010 I can confirm that it is working fine as I have checked it now and attached the screen shot here. As you can see in the screen shot it specifically says "Free Access by Reliance GSM". 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ashoksoft 83 Report post Posted June 1, 2010 @arun : that looks like a screenshot from a n82 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rbdhoot 11 Report post Posted June 1, 2010 I am using it since last 10-15 days. Great Service. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rohitrohen 0 Report post Posted June 1, 2010 i used it the 1st day of Launch and was unable to Make Comments,Like and Update my Status. I Am Using FB from Opera if not from my Desktop Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ankurcshah 112 Report post Posted June 1, 2010 I am using it,It is very nice,but the speed is very slow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arun 795 Report post Posted June 1, 2010 @arun : that looks like a screenshot from a n82 Yes, but no prizes for guessing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bn_karodiwal 0 Report post Posted June 22, 2010 Hi - This Bhavesh from A'bad. I have "Samsung Star GT-S5233A" mobile handset with "Reliance GSM" card of (8000XXXXXX) series mobile number.When I tried to open "http://0.facebook.com" then it gives error message that "Sorry, 0.facebook.com is only supported by select mobile carriers and is not available from your mobile carrier." Do u have any idea about how can I resolve it? or Whether it is specific to Mobile handset. I have also tried with "HTC Touch 2" mobile handset but it still gives same error message. Can you please help me? This is very urgent for me. Thanks Bhavesh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
r.world 0 Report post Posted June 22, 2010 Use RCOMWAP apn instead of RCOMNET Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
viveksnvijay 0 Report post Posted July 12, 2011 is it available on CDMA ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nirvana 4 Report post Posted July 12, 2011 No, GSM only Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
