Airtel pre-paid users can access Facebook in 9 local languages

Bharti Airtel will offer free access to social networking site Facebook in nine regional Indian languages to its prepaid customers across the country for a limited period, the company said on Friday.

". . . it will offer free Facebook access in 9 regional Indian languages to its prepaid customers across India," Bharti Airtel said in a statement.

The company said its customers who are Facebook users on the mobile (browser or app)

will be able to access Facebook in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.

"A limited period offer, Airtel will allow customers to access Facebook free of cost with a cap of 30 MB/ month to add joy to the festivities," the statement added.

The company said the interface is compatible with feature, Java, Android, iPhone & Windows devices alike.