The aim of the program is that large or medium-sized technology companies based in Montevideo "begin to see interest in installing a development team led by a specialist in a city in the interior," said Minister Carolina Cosse during the presentation.
According to the Presidency of the Republic, some companies in the sector have decentralized their services by setting up work teams in Paysandú, Salto, Bella Unión, Colonia and Maldonado, and provide services for the United States, Spain, Argentina and Central America.
Cosse highlighted the high mobile connectivity and bandwidth "of very good quality" in our country as one of the factors that allow this decentralization and stressed that it is "an industry that needs more and more people, has negative unemployment and, therefore, is a great opportunity for Uruguay".
"It is the highest average of all the activity categories, that is, it is a great job opportunity for young people," he added.
Cosse explained that the technological progress and investments made by Antel made the training and videoconferencing rooms of the public company obsolete, therefore, it was bet to resignify them and install there co-working spaces, in which the member companies of the business chamber "will have the opportunity to hire young students from UTU, high school or university and work from there".
"We can do this because Antel puts its resources, because the industry is mature and because we have an excellent telecommunications infrastructure. What we are doing is taking skilled work to the interior of the country, in order to drive a productive decentralization that we hope will spread to other areas," he added.
Source: Montevideo Portal
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