According to research by Pew, Americans with disabilities are less likely to own digital devices and are more reluctant to use the internet. With a continuously growing digital divide, there's an appetite for brands to create tech offerings that are accessible to all.

As people worked, learned, and socialized from home, the pandemic highlighted the importance of access to open and secure internet for all. A number of NYC-based non-profits are bridging the city’s digital divide and taking on telecom giants to provide inexpensive community internet.

Despite strides taken by India to strengthen the digital economy of the country, low-income Indians still suffer from digital illiteracy and unreliable mobile connectivity. JioBharat bridges this digital divide by aiding the country’s plans for universal mobile access packed in a $12 smartphone.

High-speed internet is seen as an essential part of modern living but many rural Americans are having to go without. All Points Broadband aims to change that by connecting people living in rural communities with the rest of the online world and helping to close the digital divide.