In it Mobile World Congress 2023, In Barcelona, Telefónica Hispanoamérica presented the formula that it has optimized since 2019 to achieve a more efficient use of the network through alliances and new operating models in order to contribute to closing digital gaps, especially in rural areas. .
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These alliances allow the company to improve network coverage, quality and profitability, as well as connect people’s lives and boost the economy of the eight countries where it operates in Latin America.
During the event “New Alliance Model to overcome connectivity challenges in Latin America” José Miguel Torres, General Manager of ON*NET Fibra Chile; Verena Weber, Head of the OECD Communication Services and Infrastructure Policies Unit; Andrea Folgueiras, CTIO of Telefónica Hispam and José Juan Haro, Director of Wholesale Business and Public Affairs of Telefónica Hispam and as Colombian representatives Alfonso Gómez Palacio, CEO of Telefónica Hispam; Ximena Mora Méndez, CEO of ON*NET Fibra Colombia and Saúl Kattan, Counselor to the Presidency in Colombia and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ecopetrol.
They highlighted the challenges that the region has in terms of connectivity and highlighted the importance of having adequate public policies to replicate schemes where the infrastructure is shared and thus facilitate the path of new business models to advance quickly and effectively in closing of the digital divide in the region, and with this promote the development of digital skills and capacities in the population to take advantage of the benefits of Internet access and technology.
“The commitment to increase digitization in Latin America is advancing steadily under a new model of strategic alliances. Our industry needs to take a long-term view.”
according toAlfonso Gómez Palacio, CEO of Telefónica Hispanoamérica, “Telefónica’s commitment to increasing digitization in Latin America is advancing steadily under a new model of strategic alliances. Our industry needs to take a long-term view.”
Sharing is a fundamental element to ensure the sustainability of the telecommunications sector and will allow us to achieve objectives such as the expansion of service coverage.”
The success stories of Chile and Colombia regarding alliances with third parties and new operating models for infrastructure sharing were highlighted. In these countries, alliances with the KKR investment fund stand out to develop neutral wholesale companies that contribute to expanding fiber optics to the home.
In Chile there are already 3.5 million homes with the possibility of contracting fiber optic service, and in Colombia with 2 million.
