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; [[Press_releases/Aircel_partners_with_Wikimedia_Foundation|Aircel partners with Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile Wikipedia access through Wikipedia Zero]]
: '''25 July 2013''' Aircel subscribers to be the first in India to have free access to Wikipedia on their mobile phones.

; [[Press_releases/Wikimania_2013_Hong_Kong_Announcement|Wikimania 2013 comes to Hong Kong, August 9-11]]
; [[Press_releases/Wikimania_2013_Hong_Kong_Announcement|Wikimania 2013 comes to Hong Kong, August 9-11]]
: '''16 July 2013''' Wikimania 2013 is coming to Hong Kong this August 9-11. Wikimania has been, since 2005, the premier annual international gathering of the Wikimedia community, with participation from experts, academics, and Wikimedia enthusiasts.
: '''16 July 2013''' Wikimania 2013 is coming to Hong Kong this August 9-11. Wikimania has been, since 2005, the premier annual international gathering of the Wikimedia community, with participation from experts, academics, and Wikimedia enthusiasts.

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Aircel partners with Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile Wikipedia access through Wikipedia Zero
25 July 2013 Aircel subscribers to be the first in India to have free access to Wikipedia on their mobile phones.
Wikimania 2013 comes to Hong Kong, August 9-11
16 July 2013 Wikimania 2013 is coming to Hong Kong this August 9-11. Wikimania has been, since 2005, the premier annual international gathering of the Wikimedia community, with participation from experts, academics, and Wikimedia enthusiasts.
Ana Toni Announced as New Wikimedia Foundation Board Member
8 July 2013 Ana is currently the CEO for GIP (Public Interest Management), a consultancy firm based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which works for foundations, non-profit organizations and businesses on social and environmental issues.
The Wikimedia Foundation announces search for new Executive Director to lead the Wikimedia movement
22 May 2013 The Wikimedia Foundation has begun a global search for a new Executive Director to lead the organization through its next phase of innovation and growth. The new Executive Director will lead a thriving international organization that operates the number five most-popular web property in the world.
The Wikidata revolution is here: enabling structured data on Wikipedia
25 April 2013 A year after its announcement as the first new Wikimedia project since 2006, Wikidata has now begun to serve the over 280 language versions of Wikipedia as a common source of structured data that can be used in more than 25 million articles of the free encyclopedia.
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.