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By 2025, this infrastructure covered approximately 44 hamlets across 13 villages, serving 1,000 to 2,000 daily users and generating $603,247.37 in gross revenue.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000114#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Indonesia, the Kasepuhan Ciptagelar community integrated its internet business with environmental protection, using network revenue to fund the planting of 45,000 trees in the customary forest over five years.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000114#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In India, community radio is presented as a vital tool for communication justice and cultural continuity, allowing marginalised groups to preserve local vocabularies and traditional knowledge against homogenising development.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000114#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Indigenous communities in Mexico have developed the first indigenous mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) with social and community goals, specifically Wiki Katat (launched officially in 2023) and TIC OMV. 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