3UK's Customers Receive Free Facebook Access on Handsets

Recently, Three UK, one of the major wireless carriers in the country, announced that its mobile phone customers are offered the possibility to access Facebook for free straight from their handsets.

The offer includes the recently released 0.facebook.com site, through which 3UK's customers can stay connected with their friends on the social networking site.

The best part of the story is that 0.facebook.com enables users to connect to Facebook via any mobile Web browser without having to pay data charges.

“At Three, we want to make the mobile internet easy and affordable for everyone,” says Charlotte Blanchard Director of Products & Services at Three.

“We are delighted to work with Facebook to bring one of the most visited mobile websites to our customers for free. We have the only 100% 3G network in the UK so that we can provide our customers with the very best experience of the mobile Internet.”

Facebook’s 0.facebook.com site was launched officially earlier this year with optimized speeds, being nothing more than a faster, lightweight version of Facebook’s mobile site, namely m.facebook.com.

However, unlike other solutions, 0.facebook.com does not include graphics or photos, not to mention that its pages were optimized to deliver increase speed on Three UK's airwaves.

“Photos posted on Facebook are only one click away from 0.facebook.com. To view a photo a person only needs to click on a link to the photo and they will be prompted that they are leaving 0.facebook.com,” the wireless carrier announced.

However, it should be noted that standard data charges apply as soon as one leaves the 0.facebook.com site in order to view photos on Facebook.

“We are always looking to work with innovative companies to provide simple and fast mobile access to Facebook across the world,” said Henri Moissinac, Head of Mobile Business, Facebook.

“Thanks to our collaboration with Three, people will be able to stay connected to their friends on Facebook while they are on the go – all completely free.”