Alibaba To Offer Free Internet In India Via Partnerships With Telcos & Wi-Fi Providers

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http://telecom.economictimes.indiat...artner-telcos-to-offer-free-internet/57013385
Alibaba plans telco partnerships, to offer free Internet: Report
Online major Alibaba is planning to offer free Internet services in partnership with telecom service providers in India, according to a Business Insider report.ETTelecom | Updated: February 07, 2017, 09:56 IST

NEW DELHI: Online major Alibaba is planning to offer free Internet services in partnership with telecom service providers in India, according to a Business Insider report.

Company’s search and software armUCWeb, acquired in 2014, earlier said that it was looking at newer opportunities in India while adding that last-mile access would be a big challenge.

The report quoted Jack Huang, President of Overseas Business, Alibaba Mobile Business as saying, ““We are trying to offer lower cost data to users and better connectivity, even free of cost connectivity. Wi-Fi providers and other players can be potentials and we are in talk”.

UCWeb has recently committed an investment of Rs 120 crore in the digital space in India.

 

[Jugger]

Free internet is always good.

 

[Nilgiri]

Revenue will be through advertising?

 

[sherin616]

Posting from uc web
India stoped ic web cloud storage cause of security reasons how does Chinese free net is going to success

 

[Mo12]

Want to put this is perspective, CPEC investment is roughly $15b over 15 years, Alibaba investment alone will be almost $1b in India in 2-3 years. (With acquisition and investment)

 

[YogaMudra]

Alibaba has too much money and don't know where to invest it.

Good for us, they will inevitably look to India to invest it and make the service cheaper for us.