Tigo Colombia partners with Internet.org

Millicom which operates in Colombia under the Tigo brand has announced a partnership with Internet.org, the initiative by Facebook and other leading technology companies to bring affordable basic internet services to everyone in the world.

Under the agreement, Tigo’s subscribers will have access to a number of information, social media and government services without any data charges via the internet.org app. These sites include AccuWeather, Facebook, UN Women: Yo Aprendo (women’s empowerment), MAMA (mobile health), UNICEF, Su Dinero (financial information), 24 Symbols (access to over 100,000 books), Government services for education, agriculture and victims of the armed conflict and Wikipedia.

Tigo has over 7 million customers in Colombia.