What about Facebook on your mobile for free?

New York: In 45 countries including India the popular social networking site Facebook can be accessed through mobile for free or without any data charges on select mobile networks.

For this purpose, the entity has launched a new site '0.facebook.com' that includes all key features of Facebook but is optimized for speed.

Facebook, which has over 400 million users worldwide, has tied up with Indian wireless operators like Reliance Communications and Videocon to make the site available for cell phone users with zero data charges.

"Today, we are launching '0.facebook.com.' It, initially, is available through more than 50 mobile operators in 45 countries and territories with zero data charges," a Programme Manager for Facebook Mobile, Sid Murlidhar, wrote on a blog.

In India, the new site would be available on the networks of Reliance and Videocon.