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The Minister of Transport and Communications Paola Lazarte announced that this year 78 Digital Access Centers CAD will be created in rural areas of Cajamarca Piura and Tumbes which will allow the use of free Internet for the benefit of more than 237 thousand people.We want more Peruvians to access the Internet and acquire technological skills. In addition we seek to give a productive approach to the knowledge they obtain to bring rural areas closer to international markets said Lazarte Castillo.The head of the MTC explained that in Cajamarca 38 CAD will be opened 27 in Piura and 13 in Tumbes with an investment of S 12.8 million.The new CADs will be added to the 104 that exist in the regions of Ayacucho Apurimac Huancavelica Lambayeque Cusco and Lima provinces.The Digital Access Centers are operated by the National Telecommunications Program Pronatel and consist of physical spaces with computers laptops and tablets for internet use.Projects in operationOn the other hand Minister Paola Lazarte indicated the start this year of operations of broadband connectivity projects in Ica Junn and Amazonas which will connect some 1190 public institutions in rural areas of the three regions to high-speed Internet.This initiative is part of a work of the MTC through Pronatel to bring the service to 702 locations in these regions.
