Uganda Rural Household Devices Project – Solar Tablets for Last-Mile Digital Inclusion
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FONATEL Hogares Conectados – Programa de Internet y Dispositivos Subsidiados para Hogares en Situación de Pobreza (Costa Rica)
Costa Rica · San José · See the Costa Rica profile
El fondo de telecomunicaciones de Costa Rica conectó 287 242 hogares en pobreza con internet (5 Mbps) y portátiles subsidiados (2016–2024). Evaluación externa: reducción de 22 puntos porcentuales en la brecha digital; ganador del premio ITU Success Stories 2016.
287,242
Hogares conectados (2016-2024)
-22 pp
Caída de la brecha digital entre hogares pobres
Details
- Maturity
- Established
- Promoter
- SUTEL / FONATEL (Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones / Fondo Nacional de Telecomunicaciones)
- Period
- 2016–2028
- Keywords
- government, telecommunications, social policy, universal service
Context
FONATEL Hogares Conectados de Costa Rica conectó a hogares en situación de pobreza con internet y portátiles subvencionados, mediante el fondo nacional de telecomunicaciones (2016–2024).
Results
Conectó a 287.242 hogares en pobreza con internet subvencionado de 5 Mbps y portátiles; una evaluación externa halló una caída de 22 puntos porcentuales en la brecha digital entre hogares pobres, y ganó el premio ITU Success Stories 2016.
Implementation
Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.
Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-06-21
- SUTEL / FONATEL (Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones / Fondo Nacional de Telecomunicaciones) — accessed 2026-06-21
- SUTEL — Programa Hogares Conectados — accessed 2026-06-21
- SUTEL cumple totalidad del Programa Hogares Conectados — Tico Urbano — accessed 2026-06-21
- IMAS — 78,000 hogares logran conectividad — accessed 2026-06-21
- A4AI — Closing the digital divide with universal service leadership — accessed 2026-06-21
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