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In rural areas, even the simplest form of telephony can bring tremendous economic and social benefit to a region.  Communications networks provide the means to not only connect remote areas to the res...

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is one of the most dynamic regions when it comes to Internet connectivity. Between its youthful population, high rates of growth, and committed engagement by pr...

With a population of more than 1.3 billion people, India presents one of the biggest challenges to the endeavor to connect the next billion people to the Internet. Especially given the fact that 67% o...

Providing Visually Impaired Ethiopians With Internet Access and ICT Training Ethiopia, a population of 100 million residents is one of Africa’s most developed countries.  On the ICT and technology ...

1 World Connected and the Internet Society are collaborating on this blog series to raise awareness of the importance of community-led networking projects to help connect the unconnected and offer gra...