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Advancing expansion, sustainability and innovation is the premise that guides the creation of the Conectar 2030 Agenda, a roadmap to promote the development of telecommunications in Venezuela.
The announcement was made by the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, who emphasized that the Conectar 2030 Agenda will also facilitate the association "of the entire telecommunications sector in a coupled and secure manner", also prioritizing the areas of technology and IT in view of the times to come.
As a balance, he detailed that between 2017 and 2023, an increase of 678% was recorded in internet consumption levels, going from 570.67 GB to 4440 GB.
"In 2017, when the sanctions had started, we were at 570.67 GB and we rose in 2021 to 1440 GB. In 2023, we are reaching 4440 GB," he said during the inauguration of the 1st. International Telecommunications Fair (FITELVEN).
In the same period, an exponential increase was reflected in private companies providing internet services: of 103 companies registered in 2017, there are currently 240 operating companies in the national territory.
Among the favorable results of the Telecommunications and Information Technology Engine are the advances in internet service through fiber optics, data offered by the president of the National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel), Jorge Márquez.
In this sense, he pointed out that nearly 180 thousand homes have fiber optics, provided by public and private companies through a strategic alliance with the National Telephone Company of Venezuela (CANTV).
Márquez explained that the installed fiber optic capacity amounts to 3 million 126 thousand homes. On the other hand, he indicated that greater dissemination of the service offering is required to expand the number of users.
