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Cloudflare Partners with Giga to Accelerate School Connectivity Worldwide
SAN FRANCISCO, September 26, 2025--Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the leading connectivity cloud company, today announced a new partnership with Giga, a joint initiative of UNICEF and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), dedicated to supporting Governments in connecting every school to the Internet. Now, Giga will use real-time data from Cloudflare’s Speed Test solution to better measure and monitor Internet connectivity at schools around the globe–a critical step in helping governmen
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