Uruguay leads for the seventh consecutive year the development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Latin America and ranks 42nd among 176 countries, industry sources reported Wednesday.
La Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones presentó el Reporte «Medición de la Sociedad de la Información 2017», en el que se destaca el desarrollo de estas tecnologías en el país que, respecto a la medición del año anterior y logró un salto de seis lugares a nivel mundial.
The Uruguayan Agency for Electronic Government and the Information and Knowledge Society (Agesic) released this report, which is based on the ICT Development Index (IDI), a compendium of 11 indicators of access, use and skills.
In this regard, the study assesses that only six countries, including Uruguay, improved more than five positions between 2016 and 2017, so Uruguay reaches an IDI of 7.16, significantly higher than the world (5.11) and regional (5.21) average and close to the average of developed countries (7.52).
Other aspects mentioned in the report are the high adoption rates of fixed broadband, especially fiber optics, the improvement of international connectivity with the submarine cable system, and access to personal computers for all children in public education, Agesic points out.
«Uruguay ha demostrado un desarrollo notable durante la última década, especialmente en términos de acceso universal. Cerrar la brecha digital ha sido una prioridad para las autoridades de Uruguay, asegurando que la gran mayoría de los hogares tengan acceso a banda ancha.», concluye el informe.
Behind Uruguay are Argentina (6.79), Chile (6.57), Costa Rica (6.44), Brazil (6.12), Colombia (5.36), Venezuela (5.17) and Mexico (5.16).
Source: EFE
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