Panama Advocates for Lat Am, Caribbean Digital Inclusion

 The Summit "Connecting the Americas" of the International Union of Telecommunications (IUT) advocated so that the Latin American and Caribbean governments boost the deployment of bandwidth connectivity in the region to achieve a necessary digital inclusion.

Delegates from 35 countries, convened by the IUT, are attending the meeting, whose objective is to seek a sustainable access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

The digital inclusion supposes the world, particularly indigenous people, those with disabilities, women, youth, and children, can use accessible ICT as a main tool for its economic and social development, experts stated.

Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli talked in his opening speech of the need that Internet connection costs reduce, so people in the world can have access to bandwidth networks.

IUT general secretary Hamadoun Toure recognized the Panamanian initiative of "Internet for Everyone" that seeks to achieve free access to people's networks.

Toure was awarded with the World Telecommunication Award and President Martinelli with the Information Society Prize.