Our mission is to help public and private organizations in developing nations bridge the digital divide by providing affordable, scalable communications infrastructure and by building internal capacity in wireless networking. We are working towards a world much like what Allen Hammond and C.K. Prahalad have envisioned in their paper "Serving the World's Poor, Profitably":

Driven by private investment and widespread entrepreneurial activity, the economies of developing regions grow vigorously, creating jobs and wealth and bringing hundreds of millions of new consumers into the global marketplace. China, India, Brazil, and, gradually, South Africa become new engines of global economic growth, promoting prosperity around the world. The resulting decrease in poverty produces a range of social benefits, helping to stabilize many developing regions and reduce civil and cross-border conflicts. The threat of terrorism and war recedes. Multinational companies expand rapidly in an era of intense innovation and competition.
Harvard Business Review, Sept. 2002

To learn more about our vision for WiFi in developing nations, you can read "DakNet: Rethinking Connectivity in Developing Nations", a paper published in IEEE Computer Outlook, Jan 2004 (450KB Adode Acrobat .pdf).

To see an example of how and where we work, you can view photos from one of our project implementations in rural Cambodia.

Did you know developing countries often have to pay MORE for Internet access? Check out our Comparative Access World Map to learn more about the access costs for dial-up, DSL, Cable, WiFi, and VSAT in over 30 locations worldwide.