Population: 600 million people
Internet users (june 2016): 378,190,371
Penetration: 62.3 %
While basic connectivity to the global Internet is available throughout Latin America and the Caribbean region, the state of the Internet infrastructure varies widely between countries as well as among geographical areas within countries themselves.
As for investment, a USD $ 300 billion is required in the next few years to close the digital gap in the region. Mr. Pablo Bello, Executive director of the “Asociación Iberoamericana de Empresas de Telecomunicaciones”.
"Those regions of the world that are already struggling with basic Internet access will be left further behind in the global economy of the future. As technology accelerates, some wonder if a permanent underclass will emerge. We may also see divides emerge between those communities, businesses and economies that can absorb change and those who cannot. Indeed, if all communities and countries do not have the resources and/or capacity to plan for and adapt to this economic transformation, the existing economic divide will only be more pronounced.
Despite the fact that they could benefit the most from IoT3, developing nations in particular may be left behind they lack both the connectivity infrastructure as well as the policy frameworks to leverage the wave of innovation.
Many countries currently rely on mobile phones for affordable access. Without investments in core infrastructure to support the growth in connected devices, citizens will be unable to benefit fully from the digital economy. IoT and other new technologies require access to bandwidth; investments in infrastructure, such as reliable power supply and data centres, are critical to ensure that these services are reliable".
Population: 600 million people Internet users (june 2016): 378,190,371 Penetration: 62.3 %
While basic connectivity to the global Internet is available throughout Latin America and the Caribbean region, the state of the Internet infrastructure varies widely between countries as well as among geographical areas within countries themselves.
During the 34th Annual Journalist and Editors Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean titled “The Mobile Media Culture in the Americas: The Digital Divide” (#MMCA17), celebrated at Florida International University, experts agreed that complexities and commonalities make impossible to devise a simple strategy for confronting the digital divide in Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, El Salvador. “It is a multiple faceted problem that includes infrastructure, economics, government policy and certainly, access by individuals,” according Alan Albarran, professor and chair at the University of North Texas.
As for investment, a USD $ 300 billion is required in the next few years to close the digital gap in the region. Mr. Pablo Bello, Executive director of the “Asociación Iberoamericana de Empresas de Telecomunicaciones”.
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Acoording to the Internet Society Global Report (2017)
"Those regions of the world that are already struggling with basic Internet access will be left further behind in the global economy of the future. As technology accelerates, some wonder if a permanent underclass will emerge. We may also see divides emerge between those communities, businesses and economies that can absorb change and those who cannot. Indeed, if all communities and countries do not have the resources and/or capacity to plan for and adapt to this economic transformation, the existing economic divide will only be more pronounced.
Despite the fact that they could benefit the most from IoT3, developing nations in particular may be left behind they lack both the connectivity infrastructure as well as the policy frameworks to leverage the wave of innovation.
Many countries currently rely on mobile phones for affordable access. Without investments in core infrastructure to support the growth in connected devices, citizens will be unable to benefit fully from the digital economy. IoT and other new technologies require access to bandwidth; investments in infrastructure, such as reliable power supply and data centres, are critical to ensure that these services are reliable".