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With the aim of continuing to bridge the digital divide, the National Telecommunications Program (Pronatel), an entity attached to the Ministry of Transport and Communications, agreed to expand 35 population centers and 43 additional public institutions, as well as four (04) WiFi Plazas and one (01) Digital Access Center, in the Broadband Project for the Amazon region.
In this regard, the executive director of Pronatel, Sarita Vílchez Castellanos, highlighted that, of the 43 additional public institutions, 37 are schools and six (06) are health posts, which will have access to the Internet to promote telehealth and teleeducation.
In this way, he continued, more than 8,100 citizens of the provinces of Bagua, Bongara, Chachapoyas, Luya and Utcubamba are benefiting, who thanks to connectivity will be able to make use of and take advantage of digital tools, which will impact their personal and professional development.
"We are promoting the inclusion and literacy of more rural and remote localities of our Amazon, in this case. And, to this end, we have also managed to increase the implementation of WiFi Plazas to complete the number of 114, so that citizens, visitors and tourists can freely access the Internet," he said.
Additionally, this project will have a Digital Access Center (CAD), so that citizens, students and older adults can get closer to the tools provided by ICTs.
With this expansion, the executive director continued, the Broadband Project for the Amazon region will comprise a total of 559 public institutions, located in 303 population centers, indirectly benefiting more than 139 thousand citizens.
The National Telecommunications Program signed an addendum to the financing contract for the Amazon Broadband Project with the company GILAT NETWORKS S.A., through which the execution of the expansion of access network locations for an amount of more than US$ 17 million was approved.
Pronatel reaffirms its commitment to continue joining efforts to accelerate the expansion of coverage, access and use of the Internet, in order to generate more opportunities for all Peruvians.
