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Bakcell offers free access to Facebook

08 July 2011 16:08 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elnur Huseynquluyev - APA-Economics. Bakcell, the first and fastest growing mobile operator in Azerbaijan launched zero.facebook, which allows customers to access Facebook for free on their mobile phones.
For the first time in Azerbaijan mobile telecom market, Bakcell started to cooperate with Facebook to offer customers an experience to enjoy easier, faster and free mobile access to Facebook through zero.facebook.

Zero.facebook includes all the main features of facebook and loads even faster than m.facebook.com, the standard mobile version of facebook. With more than 750 million active users all over the world, Facebook today is the most widely used social communication network. The number of facebook users is rapidly nearing 500,000 in Azerbaijan. There are more than 250 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices.

To use the service, Bakcell subscribers need to type one of the following addresses on their mobile phoneâ€™s web browser: 0.facebook.com, O.facebook.com, o.facebook.com and zero.facebook.com.
Using zero.facebook.com on mobile phones is completely free. Bakcell customers can share their news, like or comment on friendsâ€™ posts, send and reply to messages or write on friendsâ€™ walls just as they do on facebook.com. Minimum charges will only be applied when customers view photos or leave zero.facebook.com to open other mobile sites. Customers will be warned that they will be charged if they want to view photo or leave zero.facebook.

Chief Executive Officer of Bakcell, Mr. Richard Shearer said: â€œWe are delighted to provide our customers with access to the latest technology. By giving free mobile access to Facebook, the most visited website in the world on their mobile phones, we wanted to offer our customers another fantastic opportunity to keep in touch with friends and family anywhere and anytimeâ€.