NewsWhore
02-19-2007, 04:30 PM
According to the head of the government's telecommunications institute, INDOTEL, Jose Rafael Vargas, the major telecommunications companies currently operating in the Dominican Republic will be investing as much as RD$2 billion over the coming year as they compete to increase their local market share. With America Movil's purchase of Verizon and the sale of Centennial, local competition is expected to increase, according to Diario Libre. The newspaper quoted Central Bank figures that assigned a 26% growth and a 9% share of GDP to the communications sector in 2006. There are currently 165,000 Internet accounts in the Dominican Republic, meaning that an estimated 1.4 million Dominicans have Internet access. As one of the most connected nations in Latin America, Vargas pointed out that 57 of every 100 Dominicans has access to a telephone and 46% have access to cellular phone services, 80% of which is digital. Listin Diario also reported that the INDOTEL would be installing computer centers and computer schools in each of the country's 32 provinces. The article emphasized the fact that the government agency installed 202 of these centers last year and that this year's plan is for an additional 205 learning and computer centers to be installed.
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