{"id":12744,"date":"2016-02-24T17:22:04","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T17:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/?p=12744"},"modified":"2016-06-06T03:08:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T02:08:16","slug":"latin-american-summit-at-mwc16-social-innovation-to-connect-the-unconnected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/latin-american-summit-at-mwc16-social-innovation-to-connect-the-unconnected\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin American Summit at MWC16: social innovation to connect the unconnected"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mobile World Congress 2016 once again beat all previous records, receiving more than 100,000 visitors from 204 countries, including 55% C-Level representatives and 5,000 CEOs. The Latin Americans played a major role at the 2016 Ministerial Programme<\/strong>, which was attended by 74 delegates from 17 countries of the region, with the Governments of Mexico and Colombia taking the Government Leadership Awards and the Spectrum for Mobile Broadband Award, respectively<\/a>. The MWC Ministerial Programme, a key meeting point for discussion among the leaders of the global and Latin American digital ecosystem, brings together ministers, regulatory authorities, international organisations and leading executives of mobile operators.<\/p>\n

The Latin American Summit, held on Tuesday 23 February as part of the 2016 Ministerial Programme (the only event at MWC16 conducted in Spanish and Portuguese), focused on how to encourage social innovation through greater connectivity in the region. At the Summit opening, Sebasti\u00e1n Cabello, Head of GSMA for Latin America, said the region had experienced the world\u2019s largest growth in LTE deployment<\/strong> in 2015, adding more than 2.5 million 4G connections a month despite the complicated economic solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/external-affairs\/climate-action\/. By the end of 2016, connections are expected to hit the 80 million mark. However, Cabello also mentioned the ongoing challenges to continue promoting greater digital inclusion, with reference to the report launched that same day by GSMA Intelligence: Digital Inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Amos Genish, President and CEO of Telef\u00f3nica Brasil<\/strong>, made the first keynote presentation of the seminar, explaining the opportunities and challenges of the mobile market in Brazil. \u201cThe economic moment is very challenging, and over-regulation and excessive taxation mean that the mobile industry sees the return on its investments and the long-term sustainability of the ecosystem as complicated issues. But we want to face these challenges by improving user experience while we expand our capacity and innovative in the product,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The second presentation of the Latin American Summit was given by Gabriel Contreras Saldivar, President of Mexico\u2019s Federal Telecommunications Institute (FTI)<\/strong>. Contreras discussed topics on the FTI regulatory agenda, such as spectrum, quality of service, network neutrality and asymmetric regulation, highlighting the regulatory approach of FTI in promoting efficient regulations, encouraging competition and providing certainty for investment. He commented on the challenge for infrastructure deployment throughout the region and announced that federal public sites will be available for mobile operators. \u201cWe need efficient, standard deployment all over the country that will encourage sharing mechanisms,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The event also included in-depth discussion on the barriers and incentives for connecting the unconnected in Latin America<\/strong>, in a panel moderated by Antonio Garc\u00eda Zaballos, Lead Specialist in Telecommunications at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The participants in the discussion panel were Pedro Huichalaf Roa, Vice Minister of Telecommunications, Chile; Andr\u00e9s Maz, Executive Director of Public Policy, Cisco Systems; Maryleana M\u00e9ndez Jim\u00e9nez, President of the Board, Sutel, Costa Rica; Alejandro Quiroga L\u00f3pez, Legal and Regulatory Affairs Director, Telecom Argentina; and Leonardo Saunero, Vice President of Regulation and International Relations, Nuevatel Bolivia.<\/p>\n

To close the Latin American Summit 2016, a final discussion panel was held to analyse how to promote improved digital social innovation<\/strong> solutions. Moderated by social entrepreneur and Singularity University graduate Leonardo Valente, President of GenTecnol\u00f3gico, the discussion focused on how to stimulate value creation locally through new apps and services that help to address the needs of the communities in the region. The panel members were Pelayo Covarrubias Correa, President of Fundaci\u00f3n Pa\u00eds Digital, Chile; Sergio Gonz\u00e1lez Guzm\u00e1n, CEO of Asom\u00f3vil Colombia; Javier Placer Mendoza, Head of Telef\u00f3nica Open Future; Rachel Samren, Executive Vice President of External Affairs, Millicom; and Jorge Vargas, Head of Strategic Partnerships in LATAM, Wikimedia Foundation.<\/p>\n

At MWC 2016, the GSMA\u2019s Ministerial Programme also beat its attendance record during four days of seminars, activities and bilateral meetings, with delegations representing 137 countries and 31 international organisations from around the world.<\/p>\n

Resources<\/h3>\n

\u2022 Presentation Opportunities & challenges in the Brazilian Telecom market<\/a> – Amos Genish
\n\u2022 Presentation La industria m\u00f3vil en M\u00e9xico y Latinoam\u00e9rica: prospectiva de crecimiento y retos regulatorios<\/a> – Gabriel Contreras Sald\u00edvar
\n\u2022 Attendee biographies<\/a>
\n\u2022 Image gallery<\/a>
\n\u2022 Mobile World Congress 2016 wrap-up by GSMA Intelligence<\/a>
\n\u2022 MWC16 Highlights video by Mobile World Live<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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