Google has joined forces with Airtel Nigeria to enable people access Google Search, mail and Google+ for free. This service is called “Free Zone”
- This means that you will incur no data costs when you want to do the following:
- Search on Google and browse the internet for FREE
- Send and read emails on Gmail for FREE
- Stay connected with your friends on Google+ for FREE
- All you need is an internet-enabled mobile phone on the Airtel network and a Google+ account.
- If you don’t have a Google Account you can create one easily by going to http://g.co/freezone
- +Juliet Ehimuan, country manager, Google Nigeria, said: “We are excited to be working with Airtel to introduce Free Zone powered by Google to Nigeria. We believe in the power of the Internet to create better opportunities, and working with Airtel on this makes it possible for anyone with a phone to get Internet services at little or no cost. Just like our other access projects, this gives people easier access to information in a way that benefits not just themselves, but their businesses, and by extension Nigeria’s economy.”
Deepak Srivastava, chief operating officer and executive director, Airtel Nigeria, stated: “Breaking down the barriers to Internet adoption is critical for Nigeria to keep up with the rest of world in terms of social and economic development. It is through key initiatives like these that these barriers can be reduced.
“We are, therefore, really proud to bring this spectacular innovation to Nigerians especially our customers who will now have seamless access to Google Search, Gmail and Google+ by simply using Airtel SIM card on any data enabled handset free of charge. This is indeed another good reason to remain an Airtel customer or to joint Airtel if you are not yet a customer.”
Note that you can only use Free Zone on internet-enabled mobile phones, not laptops, PCs or tablets. And when Airtel customers leave the Free Zone to navigate deeper into a website or download an attachment they are informed about the data charges and given the option to purchase an appropriate data package.
Click here for more information about Free Zone
