Bharti Airtel,Google join hands to provide free Internet

Any user can create a Gmail account instantly on the Free Zone homepage.

Bharti Airtel and Google on Wednesday announced the launch of Free Zone powered by Google,which will give Airtel mobile customers access to mobile web search and feature-phone-friendly versions of Gmail and Google+ in India.

The first page of a website linked from search results is provided at no data cost. Free Zone aims to put the web in the hands of more people and empower first time Internet users with several useful services of the Internet.

Airtel mobile customers can access the service by visiting http://www.airtel.in/freezone and simply start using the Internet without having to sign in to the service. Any user can create a Gmail account instantly on the Free Zone homepage and enjoy a multitude of connectivity and social media services from Google.

While Airtel subscribers will not incur any data charges to access these services on Free Zone powered by Google,access to more advanced services such as attachment download or browse through to web sites from the ones accessed in the Free Zone would be enabled through the subscription to a standard data package.

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