Colombia

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Technology courses; digital learning

Implemented 14,057 free Internet access points in rural zones to reduce the digital divide.

Activities and approach: Satellite/fixed broadband; free access points

Provides free 24/7 Wi-Fi at rural schools and community sites nationwide.

Activities and approach: 14,057 wireless Internet access sites

Extends connectivity beyond schools to specialized remote community sites.

Activities and approach: Wireless Internet access

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Digital citizenship; cybersecurity awareness; online safety

Creates locally anchored internet connectivity and community capacity where commercial networks are limited.

Activities and approach: Community-network deployment; local training and governance; internet access

Builds digital capability and adoption support for people and communities affected by digital exclusion, addressing skills and participation barriers.

Activities and approach: Targeted digital inclusion activities described in the cited source

Builds digital capability and adoption support for people and communities affected by digital exclusion, addressing skills and participation barriers.

Activities and approach: Targeted digital inclusion activities described in the cited source

The planned network would have extended high-capacity fiber to hard-to-reach Amazon communities, but its cancellation documents a significant implementation barrier.

Activities and approach: Planned sub-river fiber; terrestrial fiber; cross-border fiber; regional backbone and access infrastructure; procurement and financing

Combines connectivity with digital appropriation, education, entrepreneurship and participation.

Activities and approach: Community connectivity; digital adoption

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Broadband connections and infrastructure

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: School internet connections

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: School, household and technology-access investments

Expands broadband in low-connectivity territories by strengthening trunks and local ISP participation.

Activities and approach: Backbone strengthening; new infrastructure; local ISPs

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Backbone reinforcement; new infrastructure; local ISP participation

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Broadband access via local providers

Provides broadband connections to low-income households and priority social housing.

Activities and approach: 11,780 household broadband accesses

Connects public institutions as anchors in remote communities.

Activities and approach: Institutional broadband

Provides shared community Internet access in rural areas.

Activities and approach: 953 community Internet kiosks

Coordinates fiber, satellite and 5G investments toward universal meaningful connectivity.

Activities and approach: Fiber; satellite; 5G

Supports community connectivity models that extend Internet into locations underserved by conventional operators.

Activities and approach: Community networks; local access infrastructure

Combines subsidized fiber connections with an introductory free period and social tariff to overcome availability and affordability barriers.

Activities and approach: Household fiber installation; first six months free; subsequent social tariff

Connects locations excluded from the National Fiber Project using terrestrial and satellite high-speed networks.

Activities and approach: High-speed terrestrial/satellite networks

Coordinates fiber, satellite and 5G investments toward meaningful universal connectivity and 98% household coverage by 2033.

Activities and approach: Fiber; satellite; 5G; inclusion initiatives

Creates a national, culturally differentiated framework for eliminating connectivity gaps in Indigenous territories while recognizing connectivity as a collective right and strengthening local autonomy.

Activities and approach: Expand connectivity access and infrastructure; provide equipment; strengthen ICT use and training; implement culturally appropriate connectivity; coordinate state and Indigenous communication systems; support Indigenous radio and communications policy

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: ICT training; technical education

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Intensive technology training; employability

bringing first-time mobile broadband to rural communities and upgrading lower-generation coverage to 4G LTE

Activities and approach: New rural mobile sites; first-time 4G coverage; 3G-to-4G LTE upgrades; infrastructure investment supported by IDB Invest guarantees

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Digital tools; online presence; e-commerce training

Deploys Internet access zones in rural population centres and unconnected rural schools.

Activities and approach: Community access sites; school connectivity

Adds 143 new zones, increasing the project target to 1,405 connectivity solutions.

Activities and approach: Community Wi-Fi

Provides free community Internet in PDET areas with historic connectivity deficits.

Activities and approach: Community Wi-Fi