Facebook has decided to rebrand/rename it’s Internet.org as Free Basics. The announcement was made at Facebook Headquarters in Melno Park, California by VP of Internet.org Chris Daniels. The app as well as web platform offers access to more than 250 services, which are now available in 19 countries across the globe including India.

Free Basic users will also get access to 60 new free services. The announcement comes before PM Modi’s town hall meet with Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the new campus. Zuckerberg said Facebook has “listened to feedback from the community” and made “significant improvements to Internet.org”. “Connectivity is not and end in itself. It is what they do with it that matters”.

Among the new features in the FreeBasics app is the option for users on the app or the mobile web version to add the services which they want to add to their list of free services from the list of 250 plus partners.

In India, the net neutrality debate and massive public outrage had made many take sides, and some big names like NDTV, Cleartrip and some properties of Times Group decided topart ways with Internet.org as a result. The mobile web version will also support the secure HTTPS services from now on.