Facebook Announces Discounted Data Access for Messenger App

Facebook has announced partnerships with mobile operators to provide free or discounted data access to Facebook messaging via the Facebook Messenger app for mobile devices.

Through this promotion, free or discounted data access will be available in the coming months on Messenger for Android, Messenger for iOS and Facebook for Every Phone, which is now optimized for chat.

This promotion will be available from more than 18 operators in 14 countries. Operators committed to special pricing for Facebook messaging include TMN in Portugal, Three in Ireland, Airtel and Reliance in India, Vivacom in Bulgaria, Backcell in Azerbaydzhan, Indosat, Smartfren, AXIS and XL Axiata in Indonesia, SMART in Philippines, DiGi in Malaysia, DTAC in Thailand, Viva in Bahrain, STC in Saudi Arabia, Oi in Brazil, Etisalat in Egypt, and Tre in Italy.

Facebook Messenger Features:
- Chat with a group
- Send voice messages, photos, smileys and other emoji
- Get push notifications
- Know who’s seen your messages
- Include your location
Messenger does all this using your existing data plan.


You can download Facebook Messenger from the App Store for free.

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