Facebook Aims to Drive Down Tech Prices to Expand Its Reach - The New York Times

For another Facebook big-picture perspective, see Facebook Isn’t the Social Network Anymore (Slate)

"Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s co-founder and chief executive, is clear about his vision for his company: He wants to triple the size of his social network, which now has 1.6 billion members.

But to reach that new audience, he has to find a way to change telecommunications networks to make connecting to the Internet more affordable, since many of those would-be Facebook users live in developing countries.

That could be bad news for the companies that make equipment for those networks, whether they are Silicon Valley giants like Cisco Systems or little widget makers that produce the parts to tie different pieces of the network together."

Facebook Aims to Drive Down Tech Prices to Expand Its Reach - The New York Times