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Published in TZ Latest News 21 May, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Facebook’s Internet.org Helps Fill Internet Gaps in India

Just 26% of 1.3 billion Indians had access to the internet in 2015, but the government believes that 338 million number will shoot up to 730 million by 2020, thanks to increasing penetration in the rural areas. The government in 2011 launched an effort to provide broadband connectivity to 250,000 local village governments, but that plan has hit a speed bump and Facebook‘s (NASDAQ: FB) internet.org is hoping to fill the gap.

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