It was an exhausting week for Facebook in India.
And for other Internet companies, too. Because the source of Facebook’s struggles — its Free Basics mobile service — was the company’s chief tactic for addressing its most perplexing problem in India and other emerging markets: Mobile data costs are so high they are keeping people from using Facebook’s services.
After this week’s ruling, in which India banned Free Basics outright, that problem isn’t going away for Facebook. Nor is it for others like…
Here Are the Mobile Startups That Could Gain From Facebook’s Fumble in India
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