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Grid Telecom, a telecommunications subsidiary of the Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO), is contributing to the enhancement of broadband connectivity in remote rural areas of Sarantaporo, Elassona, in Thessaly. This initiative leverages the company’s optical infrastructure in collaboration with the Sarantaporo.gr Non Profit Organization.

As part of its first sponsorship initiative, Grid Telecom is providing free capacity services to connect the Sarantaporo.gr Wireless Community Network with the National Infrastructures for Research and Technology Network (GRNET SA), one of the country’s largest public technology organizations.

By connecting the Sarantaporo.gr Wireless Community Network to the nearest Data Center where GRNET has a presence through Grid Telecom’s infrastructure, the quality and speed of telecommunications services in the area will be significantly improved. This development will reduce the digital divide and facilitate the implementation of innovative solutions.

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Sarantaporo.gr Non-Profit Organization successfully participated in the international conference "Connecting the Unconnected: Europe & Beyond", organized by the Internet Society in collaboration with the Union of Operators of Armenia, held on June 6-7, 2023, in Yerevan, Armenia. The conference brought together specialized professionals and stakeholders from the technology and telecommunications sectors from various countries. Sarantaporo.gr was represented by Achilleas Vaitsis and Georgios Kleisiaris, both founders, board members, and administrators of the organization. The conference aimed to explore the challenges and solutions for enhancing connectivity, focusing on innovative solutions for connecting remote areas, with particular emphasis on wireless community networks.

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INVITATION TO AN EVENT
Saturday 10 December 2022, Tavern "The Throne", Pythio, Elassona, Greece at 20:30

The Sarantaporo.gr Non Profit Organization invites Sarantaporo,gr Wireless Community Network members, friends and everyone interested to participate in our network in a social event of reunification of our community, leaving behind the difficult period of the Covid-19 pandemic, which kept us at a distance for almost 3 years.

At our event, as in the previous ones, we will have the chance to discuss with each other, share the news of our community, celebrate our recent award by the global organization IEEE, inform the community about the plans to upgrade our network in the coming period and of course we will all have fun together.

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Sarantaporo.gr Non Profit Organization won the second place in the international competition of the IEEE organization on the subject: Connecting The Unconnected Challenge, in the category "Business Models Proof of Concept"! 226 contestants from 43 countries took part in the competition. Sarantaporo.gr Non Profit Organization was among the 27 who qualified for the final phase of the competition and who were finally awarded.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically brought to the fore the need for internet access, for all the residents of our villages, professionals and students alike. In the Sarantaporo.gr Community Network community we consider internet access a human right and we strive daily to maintain and improve our infrastructure, which provides all residents of 11 Elassona Municipality villages with open Internet access.

Letters such as those sent to us today by these students make us proud of our work and motivate us to continue struggling for equal access to communication, knowledge and digital citizenship.

Two students from the village of Karya, Elassona, have moved to Flampouro village so that they can use the Sarantaporo.gr Wireless Community Network for their distance learning in the midst of the corona virus pandemic. They have sent us a letter, where they recount their experience.

A parent from the village of Pythio Elassona, also sends us his appreciation for the operation of the Sarantaporo.gr Wireless Community Network in his village and a photo of his son, while attending classes connected to our wireless community network.

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