Facebook Acquires Pryte to Help With Internet.org

Facebook has agreed to acquire Pryte, a mobile data plan firm based in Finland, to help with its Internet.org effort. Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed.

Pryte was founded in 2013 with the goal of working with wireless operators to offer mobile data plans to users on a per app basis rather than forcing people to buy it in bulk. Reuters, which was first to report the deal, notes that Pryte hadn't launched publicly yet and there are fewer than 30 employees on staff

In a blog post, Pryte's team wrote that it will be working with Facebook to help with its Internet.org project to bring the entire world online by making Internet access more affordable and available to everyone. Read more...