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Globalization, digitalization, and urbanization are progressing at a fast pace in cities and regions across the world. New technologies and innovations typically reach urban regions first, where Return on Investment (ROI) tends to be higher than in remote or rural areas, which are characterized by low population densities, low potential revenues, and large distances to urban clusters and societal service. This process has consistently increased the digital urban-rural gap. As an example, the Fifth Generation of Mobile Network (5G) has recently started to be rolled out, starting in the cities. Many challenges remain to bring broadband connectivity to the rural and remote regions. Particularly in Brazil, there is still a big digital gap between urban and rural areas. Urban areas have an internet penetration of around 65% while the rural figure is at just 34%. There are also important differences concerning the geographical …