[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Press Release] VimpelCom partners with the Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile Wikipedia access through Wikipedia Zero

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

Jay Walsh, 25/01/2013 06:22:
> "We're very happy VimpelCom is joining us in removing a major barrier
> to accessing Wikipedia on mobile phones. This partnership is an
> important step forward in our mission to bring free knowledge to
> everyone on the planet," said Kul Takanao Wadhwa, Head of Mobile with
> the Wikimedia Foundation. "In conjunction with VimpelCom, one of the
> largest telecommunication providers in the world, we're now able to
> expand free access to Wikipedia in more countries. With this
> partnership, Wikipedia Zero is now available to 330 million mobile
> users around the world."

Impressive, kudos to Kul. Who's next? :)
Also, it's nice that all partners but the first are using 
m.wikipedia.org and not their custom version.
I'm looking forward to the stats to measure increases in reach; those we 
had so far suffered from the limited numbers.

Nemo