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    WELCOME TO
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    WELCOME TO
    Wireless For Communities
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    WELCOME TO
    Wireless For Communities
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    CONTACT
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    WELCOME TO
    Wireless For Communities
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ABOUT US

Wireless for Communities (W4C) Pakistan is an initiative of Internet Society (ISOC), Asia-Pacific Bureau and COMSATS Internet Services (CIS) that utilizes low-cost Wi-Fi based technology to connect and empower rural and underserved communities in Pakistan.

ISOC has been successfully implementing Wireless for Communities program in South Asia since 2010 – which has won two International awards from Public Affairs Asia and ITU/MCMC.

Launched in 2015, as a pilot, W4C Pakistan is a series of measures implemented in phases to bring forth communities for the developmental role Internet can play in society. The program also provides training to the community on content and services, and helps them maximize opportunities for development using the Internet. .

Phases

Connecting The Unconnected

Teachers and students are directly benefited by wireless connectivity at the local schools. Students through this connectivity gathered awareness about the Internet ...
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Community Trainings

"I was never aware of the fact that internet is something beyond Facebook and Google and can open the horizons of knowledge and information for me and can help me in my academics"...
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Supplement Education

Entering into its 3rd phase, Wireless For Communities Pakistan started delivering supplement education classes to the previously connected Government girl's school.
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SUCCESS STORIES

The Wireless for Communities (W4C) Pakistan programme is a small effort to bridge this gap by using low cost Wi-Fi technologies to provide access to rural villages and also offering local content that can be used for the benefit of the community. Some of the success stories we have collected are shared here to gauge the impact of Internet connectivity on the rural villages of Pakistan. Since the W4C programme launched in 2015; it has positively impacted the lives of hundreds from this remote village

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CONTACT

Singapore Office
Internet Society Asia-Pacific 9 Temasek Boulevard, Suntec City Tower Two #09-01, Singapore 038989

Islamabad Office
COMSATS Internet Services, CIS Technology Park Building, 12, Shahrah-e-Jamhuriat, G-5/2, Islamabad. islamabad@comsats.net.pk
Telephone
+92 61 4584011
W4C: +92-51-9208063-65
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