In this Q&A, Vassilis Chryssos talks about his team’s solution — Sarantaporo.gr Non-Profit Organization — which won the 2nd Place, Business Models Proof of Concept prize in the 2022 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. 1.Please summarize your winning solution The village of Sarantaporo in Elassona, Greece, had no internet connectivity in 2010 because it is an isolated […]
This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Ignacio Prieto-Egido presents his team’s project, Platforms to Increase Sustainability and Impact of Communications Services, which proposes a feasible and sustainable strategy to deploy mobile communications (voice and data) and public services (eHealth and tele-education) in isolated communities by combining appropriate low-cost wireless technologies […]
In this Q&A, Ignacio Prieto-Egido talks about his team’s solution — Platforms to Increase Sustainability and Impact of Communications Services — which won the 1st Place, Business Models Proof of Concept prize in the 2021 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. 1.Please summarize your winning solution Many rural communities in developing countries do not have access to communications […]
This presentation is from the 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Jésica Giudice presents her team’s project, Semilleros de Redes Comunitarias para Aplicantes al Programa Roberto Arias, which focuses on Community Network Seedbeds (CNs); a collective learning experience with special participation of groups with presence in the territory of “living forces.” Their solution was awarded […]
In this Q&A, Jésica Giudice talks about her team’s solution — Semilleros de Redes Comunitarias para Aplicantes al Programa Roberto Arias — which won the 1st Place, Community Enablement Proof of Concept prize in the 2022 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. 1.Please summarize your winning solution The Community Network Seedbeds (CNs) are collective learning experiences with special […]
This presentation is from the 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Emiliano Mroue presents his team’s project, PAYGO FTTH in LatAm’s Barrios, which focuses on providing reliable high-speed internet at reduce costs to the urban poor in LatAm’s peripheries. Their solution was awarded the 1st Place Business Models Proof of Concept prize. To hear more […]
In this Q&A, Emiliano Mroue talks about his team’s solution — PAYGO FTTH in LatAm’s Barrios — which won the 1st Place, Business Models Proof of Concept prize in the 2022 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. 1.Please summarize your winning solution In Latin America there are over 40M households without access to residential broadband services, broadening the […]
This presentation is from the 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. BASAbali Wiki present their team’s project, Inclusive Ethical and Equitable Community-developed Digital Town Square — 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge, which empowers young people in Indonesia to publicly discuss civic issues with policy makers on local language digital platforms. Their solution was awarded […]
In this Q&A, BASAbali Wiki talk about their team’s solution — Inclusive Ethical and Equitable Community-developed Digital Town Square — which won the Honorable Mention Community Enablement Proof of Concept prize in the 2022 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. 1.Please summarize your winning solution We empower young people in Indonesia to publicly discuss civic issues with policy […]
This presentation is from the 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Nawi Mabo presents his team’s project, Swarm Network for Education and Learning in Papua New Guinea (SNEL PNG) — 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge, which proposes the use of existing urban infrastructure to extend and introduce WIFI hotspots to rural areas at affordable […]
