SINGAPORE and PALO ALTO, Calif. – July
20, 2010 – SingTel today announced that it is the first
and only operator in Singapore to offer customers free mobile
browsing on the new and lightweight 0.facebook.com site. With
0.facebook.com, SingTel is enabling their customers, especially non
smartphone users to stay connected faster through this text-only
version of Facebook with their friends and family from any mobile
Web browser without incurring any data charges.[1]
Facebook’s 0.facebook.com site is optimized for speed – it is a
new faster, lightweight version of Facebook’s mobile site
m.facebook.com. The text-only site does not have graphics or
photos and 0.facebook.com’s pages have been designed for high-speed
performance on SingTel’s network. Photos posted on Facebook
are only one click away from 0.facebook.com. To view a photo,
a user only needs to click on a link to the photo and they will be
prompted that they are leaving 0.facebook.com. Standard data
charges will apply when a person leaves 0.facebook.com to view
photos.
Ms Sarah Chua, Vice President, Consumer Marketing, SingTel said:
“With 0.facebook.com, SingTel offers mobile customers a faster and
more affordable way to use Facebook. Non smartphone users
will find the text-only site an excellent alternative to quickly
access and update their Facebook accounts from their phones,
without worrying about data charges. Coupled with SingTel’s
high-speed mobile network, the site offers users peace-of-mind to
stay in touch with their wide community of Facebook contacts 24/7,
anywhere.”
“We are always looking to work with innovative companies to
provide simple and fast mobile access to Facebook across the
world,” said Mr Henri Moissinac, Head of Mobile Business,
Facebook. “Thanks to our collaboration with SingTel, people
will now be able to access Facebook faster and for free through
0.facebook.com.”
SingTel Mobile customers can access the service through their
mobile phone browser by keying in 0.facebook.com.[2]
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About SingTel
SingTel is Asia's leading communications group providing a
portfolio of services including voice and data solutions over
fixed, wireless and Internet platforms as well as infocomm
technology and pay TV. It has a network of 37 offices in 20
countries and territories throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and the
United States. Together with its regional partners, SingTel
is Asia’s largest multi-market mobile operator, serving more than
293 million mobile customers in eight markets.
About Facebook
Founded in February 2004, Facebook's mission is to give people
the power to share and make the world more open and connected.
Anyone can sign up for Facebook and interact with the people they
know in a trusted environment. Facebook is a privately held company
and is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif.
Facebook® is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc.
[1] SingTel is offering free access (no mobile
Internet data charges) to the 0.facebook.com service to its
subscribers for at least one full year.
[2] Non smartphone customers can also access
0.facebook.com through the IDEAS WAP portal under the “What’s Hot”
list of recommended sites.
taken from http://info.singtel.com/node/7329
