[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation and Saudi Telecom (STC) partner to provide access to Wikipedia free of mobile data charges in the Middle East

[Sarah]

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Theo10011 <de10011 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:33 AM, Sarah <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Apologies if this is a stupid question, but I don't understand the
> > need for a partnership between the Wikipedia Foundation and the Saudi
> > Telecom Company (STC). ... [snip]
>
> Hi Sarah
>
> The partnership is part of a larger initiative[1] - the page provides a
> list of countries and carriers where this partnership exists, it includes,
> Orange, in  Kenya, Niger, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Telenor in Monte Negro, dtac
> in Thailand and now STC is KSA. ... [snip]
>
> Regards
> Theo
>
> [1]
>
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mobile_partnerships#Where_is_Wikipedia_free_to_access.3F
>

Many thanks, Theo.

Sarah