Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Monday fended off complaints that the hugely popular social network was getting a free ride out of telecom operators who host its service on smartphones.
Zuckerberg, 30, confronted tensions between Internet giants such as Facebook and Google and telecom firms present at the Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest wireless phone fair, in Barcelona.
Executives have complained that some Internet services’ smartphone applications generate revenue while it is the telephone companies that are forced to invest in the networks that host them.
I meant Edward Snowden.
Yes indeed the controllers of the system are now mortified that we the people are able to control our own programs .. yes to the new with today’s generation of young genius and innovation like face book young leaders and millionaires and the inspiration and success too of course- BIT COIN which makes the controllers of the ILLUMINATI in The US TREASURY and beyond shudder that they can no longer control the people and the worlds money .
Pity that the backward Dominicans have the loudest voices which we the less educated follow and we missed the chance of being counted as the first to accept the new crypt o currency.In the years ahead we will regret that we thew out the baby with the basin in our efforts to nail SKERRITT through our former PM O.J who initiated the idea to get BITCOIN leaders here .
Meanwhile the world,s richest man BILL GATES and his empire MICROSOFT HAS ACCEPTED AND IS PROMOTING BITCOIN as web application . AS DID SPAIN on 30th January
when will we…
Isn’t Digicel owner, Mr Obrien, the same man who legally lists his address outside of Ireland to avoid paying taxes while he enjoys billions from his spoils in poor, developing countries. To talk about a free ride I think Digicel is well placed.
He also gets paid in Bitcoin which Mark Zuckerberg also loves, he was a major sponsor for the Bit Drop Event that was such a missed opportunity for Dom
Facebook is not getting a free ride from mobile companies! Neither are WhatsApp, Viber, Skype, or the rest of them. We, the consumers, are paying for unfettered access to those services when we buy data, and it is not the business of mobile companies to tell us what we can and cannot do with that data. If DOMLEC tried to tell people they can use current to power a refrigerator but not a TV we would all be incensed and rightly so. This is no different!
The complaint makes no sense. The ISPs are just jealous of Facebook’s income, pure and simple. They are Internet Service Providers, which means that they get paid to give their customers access to the internet. Zuckerberg et al either chose or stumbled upon a different business model, more power to them. Specifically they provide a service that multitudes of people want to use and they figured out how to monetize. If Digicel wants to make more money, then provide a better service or get into another line of business.!
To Chakademus.
Hello and good morning my people. Hi as per you Digicel is an Internet Service Provider and they get paid by the customers to have access to Facebook which is correct but what is Facebook paying to Digicel for you to access Facebook. Facebook is getting a free ride because they aren’t paying Digicel any money for Digicel customers to access Face book. You want Digicel to find another business model but you not addressing Facebook getting a free ride. Sooner or later we will have a sucessful law suit against Mr Zuckerberg about this same issue.
CIA Spy just given the gateway to spy on everyone for free. sakway gas
Hello and good morning my people. Many of our citizens don’t understand how the Internet works and they don’t know what Snowden said about the CIA ,NSA ,GCHQ and the five eyes. If you want to know what’s going on you must go the the Intercept or Russia Today. The NSA has a back door to all computers and smart phone produce by American.
Yes, use Bitcoin and live under the radar