Archive:Press releases/2013

Axiata partners with the Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile Wikipedia access through Wikipedia Zero

18 March 2013 Axiata Group Berhad and the Wikimedia Foundation today announced a partnership to offer Wikipedia on mobile devices free of data charges to Axiata customers throughout Asia.

VimpelCom partners with the Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile Wikipedia access through Wikipedia Zero

25 January 2013 VimpelCom Ltd. and the Wikimedia Foundation today announced a partnership to offer Wikipedia on mobile devices free of data charges to VimpelCom customers.

Wikimedia Foundation named winner of Knight News Challenge

17 January 2013 The Wikimedia Foundation was named a winner in the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Knight News Challenge for its work to expand and improve Wikimedia mobile projects, particularly for users in developing countries.

Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner named to the Board of Directors at Global Voices

16 January 2013 Global Voices is a community of more than 1300 authors and translators in dozens of countries around the world that publishes reports from global citizen journalists, with an emphasis on voices that aren't ordinarily heard in major international media.

Wikimedia Foundation launches Wikivoyage, a free, worldwide travel guide that anyone can edit

15 January 2013 Wikivoyage becomes the 12th official Wikimedia project and debuts on Wikipedia’s 12th birthday. Wikivoyage already has approximately 50,000 articles available in nine languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish.