Express Wi-Fi to India

Facebook failed to bring free internet access to people in India. The social giant returns to the country with the launch of Express Wi-Fi, a service that allows users to log on to Wi-Fi networks hosted by local partners, for a fee. As of the announcement, Express Wi-Fi is livein across nearly 700 hotspots in four Indian states of Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Meghalaya. Users can log on by purchasing physical and online vouchers that cost between Rs.10-20 ($0.15 – $0.30) for 0.1GB a day, or Rs.200-300 ($3.12 – $4.67) for 20GB for a month, from 500 brick-and-mortar stores located in those states. Unlike Free Basics, Express Wi-Fi doesn't limit access to only certain websites as it allows users to browser everywhere on the web, at least to those websites that the Indian government allows. Express Wi-Fi has been tested since 2015. And India is the fifth country to receive the service after Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria and Indonesia.