With almost half the world’s population still offline (opens in new tab), reliable and affordable access to digital services is a real, global challenge. Two-thirds of world’s school age children have no internet access at home (opens in new tab), reflecting the magnitude of the digital divide, especially in access to educational/skilling content.
To bridge this digital divide, BlendNet offers a low-cost, satellite and intelligent-edge based platform, which delivers digital services and content to last mile users in a hub-and-spoke model. The intelligent edge devices receive encrypted bulk content refreshed via satellite and serve as delivery endpoints for last mile users. Our mobile application/SDK enables end-users to discover, stream and download content to their devices in an offline mode (using local Wi-Fi) without the need for internet.
We have conducted successful research pilots and large-scale field trial across India (opens in new tab) in partnership with SES (opens in new tab), a global satellite leader, and various educational/ entertainment content partners to validate the technology at scale and capture user insights.
BlendNet aims to serve as an open, intelligent & affordable digital distribution platform that can democratize access to digital services across the world.