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            <td>Deadline Extended: IEEE Connecting the Unconnected
              Challenge Submissions Due 18 June</td>
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            <td>Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:45:45 -0500 (CDT)</td>
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            <td>IEEE Future Networks <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ieee-fn-tc@deliver.ieee.org"><ieee-fn-tc@deliver.ieee.org></a></td>
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            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:javier.simo@urjc.es">javier.simo@urjc.es</a></td>
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                                              for submissions of unique
                                              solutions to bridge the
                                              digital divide. The
                                              deadline has been extended
                                              to
                                              <strong>18 June 2024</strong>. </p>
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                                            <p style="margin: 0 0;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Internet
                                                access is critical to
                                                education, industry, and
                                                healthy living.
                                                Unconnected populations
                                                lack access to buy and
                                                sell goods and services
                                                online. Unconnected
                                                students lack access to
                                                the flourishing remote
                                                education market. </span></p>
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                                          Unconnected Challenge ]
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                                          <div style="font-family:'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:none;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;mso-line-height-alt:1.063em;color:#000000;">
                                            <p style="margin: 0 0;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The
                                                <strong><a title="IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge" href="https://connect.ieee.org/NzU2LUdQSC04OTkAAAGTqAVkGMVAurUNnGBEkB2IO2VwIWHrpZEh1SsAFFGBBP69pg47_AKbVrjFH9GN6wD5VwGEvLw=" style="color: rgb(0, 174, 255); text-decoration: underline;" moz-do-not-send="true">IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge</a></strong>
                                                seeks to further
                                                connectivity by calling
                                                for early-stage projects
                                                and concepts that pursue
                                                unique ways to increase
                                                broadband access and
                                                usage for unconnected or
                                                under-connected
                                                populations/geographies. </span></p>
                                            <p style="margin: 0 0;"><br>
                                              <span style="font-size: 14px;">Start-ups,
                                                grassroots
                                                organizations,
                                                universities, and others
                                                working toward digital
                                                inclusion in original
                                                ways are encouraged to
                                                participate. Last year’s
                                                challenge awarded 16
                                                teams across multiple
                                                categories.</span></p>
                                            <p style="margin: 0 0;"><br>
                                              <span style="font-size: 14px;">Read
                                                the competition rules
                                                and learn about how to
                                                enter your novel
                                                projects at the CTU
                                                website:
                                                <a title="IEEE Connecting the Unconnected" href="https://connect.ieee.org/NzU2LUdQSC04OTkAAAGTqAVkGMVAurUNnGBEkB2IO2VwIWHrpZEh1SsAFFGBBP69pg47_AKbVrjFH9GN6wD5VwGEvLw=" style="color: rgb(0, 174, 255); text-decoration: underline;" moz-do-not-send="true">
                                                  https://ctu.ieee.org/</a> </span></p>
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                                              an IEEE Account can access
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