Orange to Bring Free Wikipedia Access to Africa, Middle East
Orange said it plans to roll out the free service over the course of 2012 to customers in 20 countries, with access in the first countries launching early this year. The service will be available on any phone with an Orange SIM card and the ability to view the mobile Web, with no data plan required.
This is amazing! Mobile phones are more popular throughout the Middle East and Africa then computers and smart phones are slowly becoming the standard. Proving free access to information, via wikipedia, could have amazing effects on these populations. Twitter/Facebook gave citizens the ability to freely communicate and organize and we have seen what that has done, combining that with the freedom of information will have even larger ripple effects.
