Axiata to offer free Wikipedia for mobiles

21 March 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
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AXIATA Group Berhad, parent company of local telecommunications provider Smart, and Wikipedia operator the Wikimedia Foundation announced a partnership to offer Wikipedia on mobile devices free of data charges to Axiata customers throughout Asia, a press release said. “Wikipedia is free as such already, but notwithstanding the customers are charged for the data volume they consume while accessing Wikipedia through their mobile device,” Smart CEO Thomas Hundt told the Post. “Upon implementation, Smart subscribers, and the subscribers of other Axiata networks across Asia likewise, will not be charged for the data volume consumption while browsing Wikipedia pages. … According to data from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, sales of SIM cards in Cambodia reached 19.7 million last year, a 21 per cent increase to 2011. The number of internet users increased 60 per cent, reaching 2.7 million last year. …

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