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Google Free Zone is an initiative undertaken by the Internet company Google in collaboration with mobile phone-based Internet providers, whereby the providers waive data (bandwidth) charges (also known as ''zero-rate'') for accessing select Google products such as Google Search, Gmail, and Google+.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Free Zone powered by Google )〕 ==History== * November 2012: Google Free Zone was announced by Google on November 8, 2012, with a launch in the Philippines in partnership with Globe Telecom, with the experimental round scheduled to run until March 31, 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Google and Globe Launched Free Zone in the Philippines )〕 Telkom Mobile in South Africa, then branded as ''8ta'', offered Google Free Zone 3 from 13 November 2012 but discontinued the service on 31 May 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/79371-free-zone-powered-by-google-is-no-more.html )〕 * April 2013: launch in Sri Lanka on the Dialog mobile network.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dialog.lk/news/dialog-and-google-team-up-to-launch-free-zone/ )〕 * June 2013: Google launched Google Free Zone in India in partnership with mobile Internet provider Airtel, and in Thailand on the AIS network. * December 2013: Airtel extended Google Free Zone to its services in Nigeria.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=airtel Free Zone )〕 * March 2014: it was suggested that Safaricom in Kenya had launched Free Zone.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.biztechafrica.com/article/safaricom-offers-free-google/7845/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Google Free Zone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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