Meta and Internet Society team up to expand internet access around the world

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Meta and Internet Society team up to expand internet access around the world

Meta and the Internet Society have established the Connectivity Co-Funding Initiative, which aims to expand affordable internet connection around the world. They announced the new project at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The partners are committing a $30 million investment through 2030 that will go to funding infrastructure development in various communities, specifically those overlooked or intentionally ignored by commercial providers. In addition, the initiative’s money will go towards training programs that improve the technical know-how of marginalized grounds, to community-centered solutions for underserved areas, as well as to locally owned networks that create jobs.

This an expansion of the non-profit organization’s

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, which started years ago when they worked together to improve internet connectivity in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America by developing Internet exchange points. These points, or IXPs, are physical locations where internet providers can exchange traffic.

Meta is only the Internet Society’s first partner for the Co-Funding Initiative, and the non-profit org is putting out a call for more partners who can help grow that fund. “This new Connectivity Co-Funding initiative, supported by Meta, is a prime example of collective action that will help provide meaningful access to more than 2 billion people across the world with insufficient or no Internet,” said Sally Wentworth, President and CEO of the Internet Society. “It is our hope that this fund plays a pivotal role in reducing this gap and creating a more equitable digital society.”

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