Connecting the Amazon, the objective of Colombia and Brazil

In order to advance the connectivity of the country, the ICT Minister, Mauricio Lizcanoannounced that in December of this year they will sign a binational agreement with the government of Brazil to bring connectivity from Tabatinga, Brazilto Leticia, Colombiathrough fiber optics.

“We are working together, joining efforts to expand connectivity in the Amazon. Knowing the experience of Brazil and having their support will allow us to deploy fiber optics in that area of ​​the country, which is very difficult to access from the interior, which will provide us with the right conditions to increase coverage and thus facilitate connectivity in Colombian homes. With this agreement we are going to bring connectivity and technology to the Amazon”, stated the ICT Minister, Mauricio Lizcanoon his visit to the neighboring country.

(Nile or Amazon? Expedition will seek to find which is the longest river).

According to the head of the ICT portfolio, the geographical importance of Leticia to become “at the basic point of connectivity of the Colombian Amazon”. In addition, it will seek to expand the connectivity and capacity of the trunk networks in the capital of the departmentto provide quality internet connections, both mobile and fixed.

($8.2 billion would be needed to replace the use of firewood).

According to the latest figures from the findStat of Information Technology and Communications in Homes 2021 (Entic Hogares)the total proportion of Colombian households with an internet connection last year was 61.6%which translates into an increase of 3.5 percentage points with respect to the total registered in 2020 (58.1%). However, there would still be 38.4% of households without connection.

(Green growth in the Amazon would attract billions of dollars.)

Now, as for the disaggregated, the proportion of households with connection in the headers was 70.2%, reporting an increase of 3 percentage points compared to 2020 (67.2%). For his part, the percentage of households with internet in populated centers and dispersed rural areas went from 28.2% in 2020 to 32.5% in 2021, that is, there was an increase of 4.3 percentage points.

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