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INRED and SES Connecting Nearly One Million People in 424 Municipalities of Colombia

SDGs Impacted

INRED and SES Networks have completed the delivery of 300 additional broadband hotspots across rural areas of Colombia, bringing high-speed internet access to nearly one million people in 424 municipalities. The additional sites were deployed in record time and were part of Colombia's Sustainable Universal Access project administered by the Colombian Ministry of Telecommunications. The new Wi-Fi zones are enabled by SES Networks' Signature Enterprise Solutions over the SES-14 satellite, which provides full coverage over Latin America, the Caribbean and the North Atlantic. The project has had a significant impact on the lives of Colombians in rual areas, who now have access to education, healthcare, and other essential services that were previously unavailable.

Impact / Outcome
All 1,300 Wi-Fi zones in 424 municipalities across 20 departments are providing high-speed broadband services to nearly one million people.
Funding sources
Public/Private
Key Metrics
Connect rural areas of Colombia with free community Wi-Fi zones enabled by high-speed broadband over satellite
Locations
Latin America, Colombia
Sector
IT and Communications (ICT)
Intervention lever
Policy
Operating model
Public-private partnership
Target population
Rural
Year published
01 January 2020

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