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WIKIPEDIA ZERO: Surfing Wikipedia is now FREE in Nepal for Ncell users

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Access to the largest online library for free, explore dherai gyan. Wikipedia Zero scheme from Ncell, free wikipedia "browsing", picture originally by Ncell

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Wikipedia Zero is a great initiative from the country’s largest mobile phone operator. Ncell has announced on May 9th, 2014 that all of their users in Nepal can now surf Wikipedia – the free encyclopedia for free irrespective of any data packages in use or being purchased. It is Ncell that made Nepal one of 22 countries where Wikipedia can be surfed for free from user’s mobile devices.

Wikipedia Zero by Ncell in Nepal
Wikipedia Zero by Ncell in Nepal

Ncell write on their official website:

Ncell, country’s leading mobile service provider, has joined hands with the Wikimedia Foundation and is launching a new product – Wikipedia Zero – under which all Ncell customers will be able to access the world’s largest online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, free of mobile data charges.

Wikipedia Zero is coming into effect from May 7. This means, from May 7, all Ncell customers accessing Ncell internet will be able to browse Wikipedia at zero cost. There is no service fee attached to the product and no product activation is required as well.

“Wikipedia Zero is one of our initiatives to provide great value to our customers. It will pave the way for present and future subscribers of Ncell to try our data service for free and also deliver a huge knowledge base in their hands,” said Erim Taylanlar, chief executive officer of Ncell.

Ncell believes this free access to Wikipedia will help contribute and support a growing number of articles in the Nepali version of Wikipedia. As of publishing this article there are a total of 26,598 articles in Nepali language in Wikipedia Nepali.

Wikipedia facts tell there are 30 million plus articles in 287 different languages making Wikipedia world’s largest online free user-generated encyclopedia.

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Access to the largest online library for free, explore dherai gyan. Wikipedia Zero scheme from Ncell, free wikipedia "browsing", picture originally by Ncell
Access to the largest online library for free, explore dherai gyan. Wikipedia Zero scheme from Ncell, free wikipedia “browsing”, picture originally by Ncell

Facts & FAQs about Ncell Wikipedia Zero

  • ALL CONTENTS inside Wikipedia are FREE for Ncell users. This includes text, media of all types including audio files, video and animation graphics, editing or contributing articles in Wikipedia. However, ONLY Wikipedia is covered under this Ncell Wikipedia Zero program – excludes all other Wikimedia products and services (which we thought should have been included, as all Wikimedia products are equally beneficial for users if FREE KNOWLEDGE is accounted for.)
  • Wikipedia Zero is not available for users surfing Wikipedia on proxy browsers like Opera Mini, Opera Mobile, Blackberry, Nokia browser, mobile handsets with GWT (Google Web Toolkit – Google rendered webpages) and others. This is the technical constraint for providing free Wikipedia pages on Ncell data network.
  • External citations & references NOT covered: While all internal links inside Wikipedia are covered under this free or Wikipedia Zero scheme, references cited in those Wikipedia articles usually external links are chargeable according your existing Ncell data plan rate. So, be noted clicking external links in Wikipedia result in standard data charge but users need to confirm before getting out of Wikipedia for external links.
  • Surfing Wikipedia in any devices – non-proxy browsers in desktops, laptop, tablets, smartphones, and other handhelds (most probably excludes gaming consoles – though not tested) is free. Hence, Ncell users using data plans or packages in their laptops can use Wikipedia for free. Do note that NO DATA PLAN is required to use Wikipedia Zero.
Users should note that all versions or language editions of Wikipedia are supported, currently Wikipedia is in 287 different languages of which 276 are active. Besides, Wikipedia – the free encyclopedia, the Wikimedia foundation projects includes Wikibooks, Wikiversity, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikivoyage, Wikidata, Commons, Wikinews, Wikisource, Wikispecies and MediaWiki (total of 12 difference projects & services.)

Note from the Wikimedia Foundation on Wikipedia Zero

The Wikimedia Foundation is committed to providing free knowledge for every single person on the planet, regardless of financial or technical obstacles. Wikipedia Zero is an initiative to enable mobile access, free of data charges, to Wikipedia in developing countries through participating mobile operators. So far we’ve launched Wikipedia Zero in 22 countries, with more operators in the pipeline. Nearly 300M mobile subscribers have free access to Wikipedia.
Update:
  • Ncell’s free Wikipedia browsing “Wikipedia Zero” scheme doesn’t cover rest of 11 Wikimedia projects listed above.
  • Ncell on May 18th, 2014 (after 11 days of announcement of this free Wikipedia surfing scheme) corrected their scheme / offer name from “Free Wikipedia” to “Free Wikipedia browsing.” The image posted above has been rectified by Team TechSansar to reflect the correction before Ncell did.
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  1. Navin Adhikari says:
    9 years ago

    It is free access to huge information. Moreover high quality wikipedia images can also be downloaded for free …here is a short video regarding that http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwiTHqLNRD0

  2. Navin Adhikari says:
    9 years ago

    It is free access to huge information. Moreover high quality wikipedia images can also be downloaded for free …here is a short video regarding that http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwiTHqLNRD0

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