&gt; Though the programme is promoted by Facebook, its costs are borne by the mobile-telecoms operators it works with.<p>How does that even work? Why would the telecoms agree to pay the bill on behalf of Facebook? Surely there must be some money from Facebook back to the telecom, to make it worthwhile for them.<p>Edit:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Facebook_Zero" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Facebook_Zero</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;telecoms.com&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;0-facebook-com-means-zero-money-changing-hands&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;telecoms.com&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;0-facebook-com-means-zero-money-...</a>