Based at the MIT Media Lab, the Next Billion Network is a collaborative initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We are reaching out to forward thinking organizations that understand the potential of enterprise solutions to the issues of development and sustainability in emerging markets, both as a new business opportunity and as corporate social responsibility.
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Among the world’s best known technology research laboratories, the MIT Media Lab has been inventing the future for over 25 years. It is now inventing a better future through a host of multidisciplinary research initiatives. The Media Lab hosts the Next Billion Network, and provides it with the intellectual and material infrastructure that enables it to project its ideas throughout the world.
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The founding sponsor of the Next Billion Network and a long-time Corporate Research Partner of the MIT Media Lab, Telmex has been on the forefront of research on information and communications technologies for development since 2000. Telmex is Latin America’s largest fixed telecoms and connectivity operator. |
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A Fortune 500 company, the 5th largest mobile operator in the world, and the largest corporation in Latin America, América Móvil collaborates with the Next Billion Network to seek, nurture and deploy sustainable social applications for its network.
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The largest manufacturer of handsets in the world, Nokia has been a key force in developing mobile hardware for emerging markets. Today, it is a key force in the enabling of mobile internet for the next billion consumers. Nokia sponsors the Next Billion Network through its research center in Cambridge, MA.
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Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle market businesses, and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management, and other financial and risk-management products and services. The bank supports the Next Billion Network collaborating on projects and advising through the Center for Future Banking at MIT.
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The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is a Crown corporation created by the Parliament of Canada in 1970 to help developing countries use science and technology to find practical, long-term solutions to the social, economic, and environmental problems they face. Our support is directed toward creating a local research community whose work will build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies.
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