---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Amreesh Phokeer <amreesh.phokeer@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 10:19:42 +0200 Subject: [afnog] Freebasics measurement projects To: African Network Operators <afnog@afnog.org> Project description: Facebook is having a program called internet.org for Free-Basics, where some internet websites can be accessed for free if the user is on a particular cellular network (e.g. Tigo in Senegal and CellC in South Africa). Our research project is on measuring (a) what services are being offered as part of this free internet program in different countries and (b) what is the quality of service (bandwidth, disconnects, page-loadtimes etc.), compared to normal paid connections. Since this service is offered only in some countries with specific telecom providers, we are looking for participants in some of these places: Angola (Movicel) Benin (MTN) Cape Verde (Unitel) Democratic Republic of the Congo (Airtel, Tigo) Gabon (Airtel) Ghana (Airtel) Guinea (Cellcom) Guinea-Bissau (MTN) Kenya (Airtel) Liberia (Cellcom) Malawi (Airtel & TNM) Mauritania (Mauritel) Mozambique (Mcel) Niger (Airtel) Rwanda (Airtel) Senegal (Tigo) Seychelles (Airtel) South Africa (Cell C) Tanzania (Tigo) Zambia (Airtel) Each participant will get 50 euros in their local currency, as a token of thanks and to cover charges of SIM card if needed. To sign up fill up this form: https://goo.gl/6zsM6E Requirement: Person with android phone, some knowledge of english, an email ID to receive instructions for experiments. Related links: (1) Facebook’s official page on the service: https://info.internet.org/en/ (2) Supported countries and cellular providers: https://info.internet.org/en/story/where-weve-launched/ (3) The Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Internetdotorg/?fref=ts (4) Our research proposal: https://www.dropbox.com/s/44bmlm7lqsltnto/daad.pdf?dl=0 Researchers: (1) MPI-SWS, Germany: Prof. Krishna Gummadi, Rijurekha Sen (post-doc), Hasnain Ali Pirzada (intern) (2) University of Cape Town, South Africa: Prof. Melissa Densmore, Prof. David Johnson, Amreesh Phokeer (PhD student) (3) IIT Kharagpur, India: Prof. Sandip Chakraborty, Satadal Sengupta (Masters student). Please contact Rijurekha Sen (rijurekha@mpi-sws.org) or Amreesh Phokeer ( amreesh.phokeer@gmail.com) in case of any question. -- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh