Transform Telecom with Open Innovation
Accelerate your telecommunications innovation with Untap’s all-in-one platform.
Discover startups, host hackathons, and access the tools you need to stay ahead of the competition.
How each Untap product fits Telecom
Hiring, open innovation and one-off competitions are usually run by different teams in the same organisation. Each product below solves one of those jobs — start where the need is sharpest and expand from there.
Network, field and digital hiring at national scale
Recruit across engineering, retail and customer operations from one pipeline with regional visibility.
- Multi-region requisitions and localised career pages
- Bulk screening for high-volume retail and call-centre roles
- Assessment centres for network engineering intakes
5G, IoT and digital-service innovation calls
Source and validate new services and network use cases from startups, partners and your own engineers.
- Startup calls scoped to network and IoT use cases
- Technical review panels with pilot readiness scoring
- Employee ideation across network, retail and care
Accessibility and app hackathons with public reach
Run consumer-facing competitions that put your network and brand at the centre.
- National app and accessibility challenges
- Public voting on shortlisted entries
- Sponsor and partner co-branding on every page
Scout for Startups with Startup Programs
- Launch startup scouting programs to discover and engage with promising early-stage companies in the telecom sector. Identify potential partners, investment opportunities, and new technologies that can drive your business forward.
- Use Untap to efficiently manage applications, track progress, and connect with innovative startups that align with your strategic goals.
Solve Complex Problems with Innovation Challenges
- Design and launch innovation challenges to crowdsource solutions for specific problems or opportunities in the telecom sector. Access a diverse range of ideas and leverage external expertise to overcome technical hurdles and achieve breakthrough innovations.
- Untap allows you to define challenge criteria, manage submissions, and engage with a global community of problem-solvers.
Develop Tech-Based Products with Hackathons
- Organize hackathons to foster creativity and accelerate the development of telecom-based products. By bringing together developers, designers, and other tech enthusiasts, you can generate innovative solutions, prototype new products, and identify top talent.
- Use Untap’s platform for end-to-end management of your hackathons, from participant registration to project submission and judging.
Enhance Customer Engagement with Co-Creation Workshops
- Facilitate co-creation workshops to involve customers in the product development process. Gather valuable feedback, identify customer needs, and collaborate on designing user-centric telecom solutions.
- Use Untap to organize and manage workshops that focus on customer experience and innovation.
Featured program

Vodafone AI Assistive Tools Hackathon
This groundbreaking hackathon, the first of its kind in Egypt’s private sector, invited innovators with ideas for AI-driven tools that enhance workplace accessibility and disability accommodation.
Egypt | Vodafone
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Capabilities behind every program here
Sector requirements usually break platforms at the edges — approvals, access control, audit trails, data handling and reporting. These jobs are part of the core platform, included on every plan.
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