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post Tue 24th January 2012, 8:28pm
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Africa and the Middle East to get free mobile access to [b]Wikipedia[/b]
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by Fox Van Allen | Last updated 3:21PM EST on January 24, 2012 With access to information quickly becoming a human right, one international mobile carrier is partnering with the Wikimedia Foundation to offer its 70000000 customers in Africa and the ...

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post Tue 24th January 2012, 9:03pm
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />[b]Wikipedia to be first Data Free mobile website on Earth[/b]
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When the term Data Free comes up on your news readers and in the newspapers in the coming months, you'll know that it started here, and with Wikipedia and Orange, who together will be offering free – that is, without data charges – use of Wikipedia's ...

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post Wed 25th January 2012, 9:31am
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation partner to offer [b]Wikipedia in Africa and ...[/b]
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PARIS, France, January 24, 2012/ — In the first partnership of its kind, Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation will provide more than 70 million Orange customers in Africa and the Middle East (AMEA) with mobile access to Wikipedia – without incurring ...

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post Wed 25th January 2012, 8:33am
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />[b]Wikipedia Becomes First Data Free Mobile Site[/b]
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Wikipedia will become the first website being offered for free to mobile users in Africa and the Middle East. Telecomm provider Orange has teamed up with Wikimedia to offer the website data free. Any Internet-enabled phone with an Orange SIM card can ...

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post Wed 25th January 2012, 10:13am
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Orange to offer free [b]Wikipedia mobile access in Africa and the Middle East[/b]
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Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation are teaming-up to provide more than 70 million Orange customers in Africa and the Middle East (AMEA) with free mobile access to Wikipedia. The goal of the partnership is to “make knowledge more easily available to ...

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post Wed 25th January 2012, 5:02am
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Orange puts [b]Wikipedia in the free zone for Africa and Middle East[/b]
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It's not unusual to see mobile operators offering plans that include unmetered access to social networking sites such as Facebook. More constructively, Orange will waive data charges for Wikipedia access by its customers in Africa and the Middle East.

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post Wed 25th January 2012, 12:12pm
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Free Mobile for [b]Wikipedia Starts with Orange[/b]
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by Kul The Wikimedia Foundation is working to make knowledge freely available to every person in the world, but for many potential readers in developing countries, the only way to access the Internet is by paying for data on a mobile phone.

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post Wed 25th January 2012, 12:32pm
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Orange Telecom, [b]Wikipedia team up to make service free for MENA[/b]
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CAIRO: Orange Telecom is partnering with Wikipedia in an effort to deliver the online encyclopedia free of all data charges to mobile users in the Middle East and Africa. The move has users excited about being able to use the digital library on a daily ...

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post Thu 26th January 2012, 9:08am
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />MEA gets free [b]Wikipedia access via Orange[/b]
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By Tessa Reed, Journalist The initiative forms part of Wikimedia's mobile strategy, which aims to reach the billions of people around the world who access the Internet solely through mobile devices. Telecommunications provider, Orange and the Wikimedia ...

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post Thu 26th January 2012, 11:36am
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Free mobile access to [b]Wikipedia for Africa & ME customers[/b]
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Mobile users across Africa and the Middle East will be able to access Wikipedia via their devices without incurring data usage charges, via a new partnership between Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation. In 2009, Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation ...

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post Thu 26th January 2012, 4:24pm
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />[b]Wikipedia and Orange partner to bring free access to developing world[/b]
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Millions of people in developing nations without access to computers will soon have free and easy access to the largest online encyclopedia in human history thanks to a deal between French telecom giant Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation, ...

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post Fri 27th January 2012, 4:39am
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Orange to offer free [b]Wikipedia access in Africa and the Middle East (Europe ...[/b]
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Telecommunications operator Orange has entered into an agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation to provide over 70 million Orange customers in Africa and the Middle East (AMEA) with mobile access to Wikipedia, without incurring data usage charges.

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />The New Frontiersman: Africa, Middle East to receive free [b]Wikipedia mobile access[/b]
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ABDELJALIL BOUNHAR / AP Pro-democracy protesters march through a lower income neighborhood in Casablanca, Morocco, on Sunday denouncing the newly elected government and the king. Morocco is among the nations to soon receive free mobile access to ...

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />[b]Wikipedia Foundation and Orange to Offer Free Use of Wikipedia in AMEA[/b]
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In an effort to make knowledge more readily available, telecommunications operator Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation have announced that are partnering to provide Wikipedia — at no extra cost — to Africa and the Middle East (AMEA).



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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />[b]Wikipedia and Orange to Offer Free Use of Wikipedia in AMEA[/b]
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In an effort to make knowledge more readily available, telecommunications operator Orange and the Wikipedia Foundation have announced that are partnering to provide Wikipedia — at no extra cost — to Africa and the Middle East (AMEA).



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