Technology Representatives Meet to Focus on Broadband in Latin America and the Caribbean

Caribbean PressRelease.com recently published an account of a meeting of technology industry representatives who were exploring ways of improving the regulatory framework in Latin America and the Caribbean to encourage greater broadband penetration and usage. An excerpt from that release is below.

On December 8, approximately 50 telecommunications industry representatives participated in the half-day brainstorming session, “IDB’s Broadband Platform: Creating a regulatory framework that works.”

The meeting was held at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) headquarters in Washington, D.C. Among the companies and nonprofits that attended the meeting or followed the proceedings by teleconference were Alcatel-Lucent, Intelsat, Microsoft, Intel, Qualcomm, Telefónica, Cable and Wireless, UNCTAD, Connected Nation and Inveneo. The meeting was organized by the Bank’s Office of Outreach and Partnerships (ORP) and the Science & Technology Division.

The objective of the consultation was to seek industry experience and input to improve the region’s regulatory framework to help facilitate increased broadband penetration. Over the next two months, IDB experts will write a publication with the industry’s input that will be part of the IDB’s Broadband Platform strategy for the Latin American and Caribbean region.

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