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Basic Internet Foundation

Envision a world where everyone can have free access to basic information. Information for health care, for education, for innovation, or just about everything.

Please join our community to get that vision becoming reality

The Basic Internet Foundation is a Norwegian foundation with the following purposes:

  • The Foundation will offer free access to low capacity Internet as a carrier of digital content to people in areas with low admission and / or no internet coverage.
  • The Foundation will assist organisations and companies to adapt and disseminate information for the affected recipients should be able to help themselves. Assistance may include educational systems, healthcare, agriculture information, innovation, banking or other services that contribute to increased welfare and value creation that benefit the population in the respective areas.
  • The Foundation will offer their benefits based on greatest need and in many areas as possible.
  • The Foundation is not bound to own/operate and deliver their benefits in perpetuity in an area. When factors such as social conditions, market, or economy have changed sufficiently, the Foundation can terminate its involvement in the region. Foundation can then sell/transfer assets, rights and obligations to commercial operators.

The Foundation was established in December 2014 as collaboration between The University Graduate Centre (UNIK) and Kjeller Innovasjon AS. The team consists of Professor Josef Noll, Tor J. Blomseth, Gunnar Nilsson and Vidar Sannerhaugen. Together we have extensive experience with entrepreneurship, development, implementation and operation.