Commotion is an open-source communication tool that uses mobile phones, computers, and other wireless devices to create decentralized mesh networks.
Funding to date
2012
$1,000,000.00
12 months
Total Funding: $1,000,000.00
Addressed problems
- Localized or nationwide communications shut down or throttling (Blackouts)
- Repressive surveillance or monitoring of communication
- Prohibitive cost to access the Internet
Objective(s)
- Training
Beneficiaries
- Ethnic minorities
- Activists
- Advocacy groups/NGOs
Region(s) archive
- Central Asia
Countries
- India
Technology attributes
- Application deployment
- Networking
- Wireless Communication