Facebook is testing Express Wi-Fi in India as it seeks to bring cheap, reliable, internet access to India's rural consumers. The move comes 2020 after the Indian regulator rejected Facebook’s Free Basics initiative, which drew a million complaints about it giving prominence to certain websites and news sources. Express Wi-Fi, however, has been hailed, even by those who opposed Free Basics. Internet use in India is set to double to 730 million users by several months, but a weak infrastructure has given companies like Facebook the ideal disruption opportunity.
Facebook is testing Express Wi-Fi in India as it seeks to bring cheap, reliable, internet access to India's rural consumers. The move comes several months after the Indian regulator rejected Facebook’s Free Basics initiative, which drew a million complaints about it giving prominence to certain websites and news sources. Express Wi-Fi, however, has been hailed, even by those who opposed Free Basics. Internet use in India is set to double to 730 million users by 2020, but a weak infrastructure has given companies like Facebook the ideal disruption opportunity.