The report, "Broadband: a platform for progress", published by the United Nations, urges countries to implement national plans for broadband, so as not to risk losing the benefits of global high-speed digital communication .
The report shows, by way of example, that every 10 percent increase in broadband penetration in China could contribute to an increase of 2.5 percent extra growth in the gross domestic product (GDP). Other data cited in the report indicates that for countries of low and middle incomes, a 10 percent increase in broadband penetration could mean up to a 1.4 percent point increase in economic growth.
Analysis by the European Commission estimates that by 2015, broadband could have created more than two million extra jobs in Europe, while a study in Brazil reported that access to broadband and has added a 1.4 percent to the rate of employment growth.
Source: BroadBand Commission
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June 2010
The opening of the telecommunications market in Costa Rica could create 3.500 jobs in the short term.
This was one of the conclusions of a forum called “Opening of the Telecom Market: What is in store for us?”
Its participants also agreed that “once the activity is set loose, it could become one of the drivers of economic growth”.
July 2009
Access to affordable, high quality internet and mobile phone services enables development across all levels of the economy and society.
The report by the World Bank, "Information and Communications for Development 2009: Extending Reach and Increasing Impact" takes an in-depth look at how ICT impacts economic growth in developing countries.
June 2009
Since its beginning in April 2001, Telefonica has invested $50 million in the development of this project in Guatemala.
Telefonica International Wholesale Service, the company from Gropo Telefonica that offers international telecommunication services globally to international operators of fixed voice, mobile, ISPs and content providers, presented its campus located in Puerto de San Jose, Escuintla.
September 2009
Market Overview. Internet access and applications. Benchmarking ICT developments in the Americas.
Information Society Statistical Profiles 2009: Americas, by International Telecommunication Union.
When it comes to information society developments in the Americas region, a promising development is mobile cellular uptake, and several of the region’s developing countries have a higher level of mobile penetration than its developed countries. During the past few years, mobile telephony has grown rapidly and is likely to exceed 100 per cent penetration in most countries in the near future. It is notable that no other region has such a strong presence of strategic investors, which account for three out of every four mobile subscriptions in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Americas region also stands out in terms of VoIP traffic, which has been growing steeply in Central and South America.
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