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Global telecoms hackathon, TADHack, will be retuning to 14 cities on the 13th June to pit some of the world's most talented teams against one another in order to build a software-centric telecom application developer ecosystem.

Last year's event attracted close to 700 global registrations

Now in its second year, the Telecom Application Developer Hackathon will once again connect to each of the other locations live during the event. This year includes; the US, the UK, Spain, India, Sri Lanka, Israel, Turkey, Australia and Argentina. 

On the event's website, the organisers wrote: 

Come join the international community of telecom app developers! Discover the latest ways to add communications to your application, service or business. This is the ONLY GLOBAL MEETING place for developers who want to learn, share, code and create using the tools and technologies available in telecommunications. Join one of the above locations or take part remotely, it’s global! 

The full list of cities where the event is taking place; 

• Lisbon 
• Chicago 
• Raleigh 
• London 
• Dublin 
• Madrid 
• New Delhi 
• Colombo 
• Jaffna 
• Israel 
• Istanbul 
• Bangladesh 
• Melbourne 
• Buenos Aires 

Last year's event attracted close to 700 global registrations and more than 60 hacks were generated in Madrid alone - with over 126 simultaneous viewers of the live-streamed event.

A prize pot of $35,000 has been put on offer for the creators of some of the best projects to add an extra incentive to get creative and build some incredible systems. You can find out more about the event here.

Have you ever taken part in a global hackathon? Share your experience in the comments.