All What You Need To Know About Airtel Free Basic Service

All What You Need To Know About Airtel Free Basic Service

Airtel FreeBasics is a Joint Initiative of Airtel Nigeria and Facebook towards bringing digital divide and knowledge base Society. It is a Package design by airtel to gives its customers free access to local and internal content, which can works as the key enabler to drive the Digital Nigeria smartphone Network. This package let you visit some popular websites free even with zero balance on your phon. To get access to Facebook , Onetouch, Entertainment store, Nairaland and 30 more others go to
www.freebasics.com ;

What you can do with airtel freebasics:

Use Facebook to connect with friends & family
Get up to date on global and local news
Buy and sell things
Get sports updates
Find health and education information and much more!
Some of the popular websites available are:

Entertainment Store
Goal.com
PASS.NG
Wikipedia
Yuzah
Naijatechviral
Messenger
SuperSport
MatchUp.NG
Jobberman
Nairaland
Ask a Doctor
BBC News
Nairaland

How To Use Airtel Free Basics:

1. On your airtel phone, go to your phone’s settings.

2. Turn on mobile data. Don’t worry, Free Basics won’t deduct airtime from your balance.

3. Go to the internet on your phone browser

4. Type: www.freebasics.com

5. Click “Continue” to accept the Terms. Now you can use Free Basics!

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All About Airtel Free Basics
What is Free Basics by Facebook?

With Free Basics, you can use Facebook and other useful websites for free. The websites are available on your mobile phone without charging you for data.
You can use Free Basics to access a variety of entertainment, health, education, finance, communication, news and local information websites.

How is this different from a data pack

Free Basics is a set of websites you can browse without data charges. Data packs allow you to use any website or app, but you will be charged for that usage.
What happens if you click outside of the free websites offered?

The data you use when you visit Free Basics’ websites does not count against your data plan. You will get a warning if you're about to visit sites outside of the free websites, indicating that data charges apply.

Is Free Basics a website or an app?

It's both a website and an app. The Free Basics Android app and www.freebasics.com allow people to browse a set of useful websites without data charges.

Who can access Free Basics?

All active airtel subscribers with a data capable phone can access Free Basics via their internet browser or Android app.

Why is Free Basics free?

Many people cannot afford the price of data and do not understand what the internet can be used for. Free Basics is free so that people can have access to the internet and see the value that it can provide.
How do I make sure it's free?
You can test this by checking your balance before and after using Free Basics. If you're on Android, make sure you've turned off your background data and notifications.

After using Free Basics my balance/load went down, why?

Use of Free Basics websites does not cost or use any data, but if you're using other applications like email or chat, those may be using your data.

What will happen if I access sites or apps not included in Free Basics?

You will either be charged with the standard data charge or it will be deducted from your data package. You will also be charged for the following:

Clicking on links outside of Free Basics
Running background applications or automatic phone updates.

You may also be charged for viewing photos and videos on Facebook within Free Basics

Can I use other internet packages while using the Free Basics?

Yes, you can use any mobile internet package or call/text & data combo offers while using the Free Basics promo. Using the websites provides via Free Basics does not deduct from your balance.

Feel free to ask by dropping your comment questions through our comment box below this post.