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a digital map of the us

A street-by-street view of digital inequity in the United States

Vickie Robinson - General Manager, Airband Initiative

eight city skylines

Addressing racial and digital inequity

Vickie Robinson - General Manager, Airband Initiative

open data collage

Building on a year of open data: progress and promise

Jennifer Yokoyama - Chief IP Counsel

The United Nations General Assembly main hall

Human-centered connectivity at the United Nations

John Frank - Vice President of UN Affairs

a rural setting

Thanks to Congress, the FCC can now update America’s broadband maps

John Kahan - VP, Chief Data Analytics Officer

A woman sits in a library with a laptop

Bridging the digital divide – a new chapter in the life of the public library

Person typing on keyboard.

Airband: The initiative to bring the internet to everyone

Charlotte Edmond

Brad Smith + Trevor Noah

Brad Smith and Trevor Noah chat with organizations battling the COVID-19 pandemic

Microsoft On The Issues

Reading smartphone in bed

10 things you take for granted when you have internet access

How white space can be used for broadband

How unused TV frequencies can connect rural areas to the digital world

Our partnership with BLUETOWN has brought internet to rural communities in Ghana, creating digital transformation in schools. Photo credit: BLUETOWN

The path to prosperity through access to high-speed internet

Shelley McKinley - Head of Technology and Corporate Responsibility, Microsoft

Closing the rural broadband gap is an urgent national crisis

Shelley McKinley - Head of Technology and Corporate Responsibility, Microsoft

a rural setting

What telephones and television can teach us about the adoption of broadband

Woman using computer in rural area

How TV white space is helping bridge the digital divide

What you need to know about broadband access and unemployment in one chart

Microsoft On The Issues

Working together to bring broadband to rural Veterans

Shelley McKinley - Head of Technology and Corporate Responsibility, Microsoft