Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2021 Nominee

Internet para Todos Peru


Description

IpT was founded to bring mobile broadband internet service to the hardest to connect areas of rural Peru. These areas are typically un(der) connected because the business case cannot work due to low revenues and high capex. IpT re-invented the connectivity business model and is the world's largest network as a service "NaaS" company. The NaaS model leverages new technologies and operating structures to reduce cost by sharing equipment across multiple cellular operators.
IpT is currently bringing internet service to over 2.0M people in rural Peru! Access to the internet improves peoples' lives through access to better educational resources, medical information and economic opportunities. Access to the internet also improves gender equality and empowers rural communities.
IpT is on track to provide a reasonable rate of investment return to its shareholders. It serves as a business model that can be replicated across the developing world and offers a sustainable solution for attracting external capital for rural development.

Project website

http://www.ipt.pe/


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C2. Information and communication infrastructure 2021
  • AL C3. Access to information and knowledge
  • AL C9. Media
  • AL C11. International and regional cooperation
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
  • Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Coverage
  • Peru

Status

Ongoing

Start date

April 2019

End date

Not set


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Indigenous and nomadic peoples
  • The poor
  • Remote and rural communities

Replicability

The network as a service model is replicable across the world in any region suffering from poor connectivity due to challenging economics. Facebook connectivity is involved with other NaaS projects and trails in Nigeria, DRC, Zambia, Cameroon and Indonesia.


Sustainability

Internet para Todos is self sustaining based on the operating cash flow and payback for its shareholders.
Unfortunately, IpT is not designed to be environmentally sustainable, although IpT uses solar power where needed.


WSIS values promotion

IpT is focused on connecting the rural un(der)connected. By connecting people the the internet, IpT is improving educational opportunities, increasing access to healthcare, and increasing economic opportunities for rural and indigenous communities throughout Peru.


Entity name

Internet para Todos (IpT)

Entity country—type

Peru Private Sector

Entity website

http://www.ipt.pe/

Partners

Facebook, Telefonica, Inter-American Development Bank Invest (IDB Invest), Development Bank of Latin America (CAF)