Iamdb / Wikimedia Mobile Engineering

The Wikimedia Mobile Engineering department is a part of the Wikimedia engineering team which aims at developing mobile support for Wikipedia by building mobile related apps, improving user experience , providing waived access to Wikipedia through wireless devices.With the advent of the mobile ,Wiki can now reach to a few hundred million people who did not have access to internet through a computer, till now. Wikimedia is currently working with mobile service providers across the globe especially in developing countries to make Wikipedia accessible to the people in these countries.It is currently headed by Tomasz Finc.The best way to keep up to date with the team is to check its roadmap or the project updates below. Feel free to take a look at our goals to see where we're headed.

Wikimedia Commons App
Wikimedia_Apps/Commons app developed by Wikipedia for Android and iOS which helps users upload media directly to Wikimedia Commons ,the free image repository of Wikipedia.Users can upload multiple files and add categories (Android only so far) and share uploads through their favorite image sharing sites. Contributions to Commons can help illustrate the world’s largest encyclopedia and make knowledge come to life for millions of readers around the globe.Wikipedia has launched campaigns like Wiki Loves Monumentsencouraging expert Commons users and people new to Wikimedia projects alike to contribute to high-need content areas.

Wikipedia Zero
Wikipedia Zero is an initiative of the Wikimedia Foundation to enable mobile access to Wikipedia free of data charges in developing countries. The objective of the program is to reduce barriers to accessing free knowledge—one of the largest barriers being cost of data usage.The Wikipedia Zero initiative is based on partnerships with mobile phone operators, whereby the operator agrees to deploy a version of Wikipedia in such a way that their users do not need to pay for data access.

Wikipedia Zero has successfully enabled free access to Wikipedia in the following countries.

''Note on version: Partners are either giving free access to m.wikipedia.org (mobile version), zero.wikipedia.org (mobile text-only version), or both. In the future, most partnerships will be offering both.

Follow the Wikimedia Q&A PAge and the Wikipedia Zero blog for detailed information on the project.