For the first time in its 10-year history, the Jonathan B. Postel Service Award has been granted to an organisation rather than to an individual. And while many organisations have successfully brought the Internet to life in rural, remote, or developing regions, few capture the spirit of Jon Postel’s legacy quite like La Fundación Escuela Latinoamericana de Redes.
For the past 16 years, the Venezuelan-based nonprofit organisation has been training a new, and in some cases the first, generation of Internet trainers and professionals, many of whom are forging Internet access in remote and under-served areas within and outside South America. More on this at the ISOC website
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