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ITU Invites Young Innovators Ideas On Internet for Social Good

ITU Invites Young Innovators Ideas On Internet of Things for Social Good
International Telecommunication Union[ ITU ]Launches its fourth Challenge on Internet of Things for Social Good
4th challenge in 2014 series Is launched ,in partnership with IEEE.
ITU Telecom Young Innovators Competition has launched its fourth challenge in the 2014 edition. It calls for young people aged between 18 and 30 from around the world to submit ideas for concepts of start-ups aimed at using the Internet of Things (IoT) for social good in order to significantly improve the lives of people globally.
The challenge opens the way for two winning concepts for start-ups to attend ITU Telecom World 2014, the leading platform for debate, networking and showcasing for the global ICT community, that will be held in Doha, Qatar, 7 – 10 December 2014.
Challenge-4 seeks ideas on how benefits from the ‘Internet of Things’ can be used for social good and spread to countries around the world, especially to emerging economies where development is currently slower due to the cost of the technology, lack of underlying infrastructure and the need for strong, widespread connectivity..