Who we are

The project

Guifi·netés unsocial projectitechnologicalde telecomunicacions impulsat des de la ciutadania i amb més de 15 anys d’experiència.

Ourgoalis to bring Internetaccesseverywhere through anetworkofopen telecommunications,freeandneutralbased on acommons modelwith the aim of eliminating the digital divide between rural and urban areas.

What is the commons network

Internet access is a recognized human right by the UN (2011)

Technological innovation

We offer innovative technological solutions that facilitate access to broadband Internet, of quality and at a fair price.

Social and collaborative economy

We are based on an economic model that sees telecommunications networks as a common good. We promote the local, collaborative, sustainable and proximity economy.

Social transformation

We propose a model for managing telecommunications in which people are agents of transformation and change. We work to connect everyone without discrimination.


The Foundation

La Foundation guifi· net és l'entitatnon-profiti d'interès general que neix el 2008 per donar entitat jurídica al projecte, per fomentar-ne els principis i amb la voluntat d'impulsar coordinadament amb diferents actors la xarxa de comuns oberta, lliure i neutral.

From the Foundation we work to:

Facilitate accessa Internet de qualitat, a un preu just, a totes les persones sense discriminacions i amb la voluntat d'eliminar la bretxa digital entre zones urbanes i rurals.

Impulsardeployment projectsde la xarxa de comuns (fibra òptica i/o radioenllaç) arreu del territori.

Fomentar el projecte tecnològic, social i econòmic de la xarxa de comuns amb transparency, universal vocation i no-discriminatòria.

Coordinate, manage i collaborate amb tots els participants que promouen el projecte arreu del territori: persones usuàries, operadores, entitats, institucions, voluntaris.

Development dels local operators de telecomunicacions que ofereixen els serveis d'accés a Internet.



            Vision

            • Des de la Fundació guifi· net establim una solidarity Internet access network, alternative to monopolies, i que promotes the collaborative economy dins de la xarxa de comuns.

            • We promote the necessary mechanisms for Internet to be accessible to all people without socio-economic, cultural and territorial discriminations.

            • We open the doors to the digital world!


            Mission

            • La Fundació guifi· net is born with the will to promote and foster a free, open and neutral common shared telecommunications network based on a

            • We work to build asolidarity, sustainable and proximity alternative; a través deinnovative technological solutions that allowaccess to the Internet without discrimination .

            Objectives

            The Foundation guifi· net has as objectives:

            • Promote and foster the development of open information and communication infrastructure networks, with a universal and non-discriminatory vocation.

            • Promote and foster the universal right to communication and information, to the exchange of knowledge, to freedom of expression and to the public and private exchange of opinions and information through open networks and infrastructures.

            • Promote and foster the right of access to the Internet, regardless of location, helping to develop a society without digital divide for socio-economic or residency reasons.

            • Promote and foster the right to open technological standards, not subject to discriminatory conditions , such as unnecessary complexity in machinery and software .

            • Promote advanced research in the field of open networks and infrastructures.

            • Generate collaboration platforms between civil society, the public and private sector.

            • Establish relationships and collaborations with individuals and entities aligned with the Foundation's objectives, participating in common projects.

            • Promote the defense of the management of the radioelectric space to achieve regulations that facilitate the right to have open networks, promoting the existence of spaces that do not require licenses, ensuring good common management to avoid the saturation of frequency bands not licensed for privately used closed networks.

            • Prepare, edit, publish and disseminate studies, proposals and analysis related to the purposes of the Foundation and organize courses, seminars, conferences or dissemination materials of the foundational objectives.