Free access to Facebook with “Glo Zero Facebook”

Indigenous Telecoms giant Globacom is giving subscribers free access to Facebook on their mobile phones without paying for data subscription or airtime with  “Glo Zero Facebook”,

A statement signed by Niyi Olukoya, Globacom’s Marketing Co-ordinator, said with the Glo Zero Facebook, Globacom has empowered its subscribers to network and socialize on Facebook free of charge.

“The implication of this awesome service is that our subscribers can now keep in touch with their friends, family and even business associates on the social network site, Facebook from their Glo lines without having any data subscription or airtime on their phones” Olukoya said.

To access the service, Olukoya advised subscribers to type zero.facebook.com, 0.facebook.com or o.facebook.coms in the uniform resource locator (url) box on the web page, adding that the new mobile sites include all the key features of Facebook which are optimized for speed with zero data charges.

The statement further states that customers will only pay for data charges when they view photos or when they leave 0.facebook.com to browse other mobile sites. Globacom said that Zero Facebook is designed to solve the twin major challenges people around the world face when using the mobile internet’s speed and cost of data.

“With this Product, the subscriber can update his status, view News Feeds, like or comment on Posts, send and reply to Messages, or write on Friends’ Wall just as we do on Facebook.com. Rather than making photos viewable on 0.facebook.com, the photos are one click away, so it doesn’t slow down the experience. You can still view any photos on Facebook if you want, but your regular data fees will apply” the statement said.