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

[Kul Wadhwa]

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:33 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo)
<nemowiki at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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.organd 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 - it was a total team effort. We're going after everyone in a big
way. Everyone should have access to free knowledge. And we'll have lots of
stats soon, which will be incorporated until our monthly report card. It's
one of our highest priorities and our analytics team is on top of it.

--Kul