Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg used his appearance at the Mobile World Congress which opened in Barcelona on Monday to say he would "love" to work alongside Google to help bring Internet access to the developing world.
Zuckerberg made his declaration in a discussion alongside Telenor President and Chairman of the GSMA Jon Fredrik Baksaas and representatives from Airtel Africa and Millicomm, which focused on his efforts to make Internet more widely available rather than the next move for his social networking company.
Facebook and Google have long been seen as rivals, but when asked if Facebook's Internet.org project, which looks to provide affordable Internet access for developing countries, would consider cooperating with Google's “Project Loon” which looks to create wireless networks using high-altitude balloons, Zuckerberg said he would "love" the opportunity to do so.
"When we launched the Internet.org app in Zambia with our operator partner there, one of the apps we launched with was Google Search, because search is an important product and piece of funcionality people around the world want ... I would love to do more with them," he said.
By Ruchi Singh
reporter
Park Sae-jin
swatchsjp@ajunews.com
