The percentage of total internet users (both mobile and fixed) compared to the total population of Latin America and the Caribbean grew 10.6 percent annually between 2000 and 2015. However, the ECLAC report showed that the expanding access has concentrated itself “in the richest percentiles, widening the gap with the poorest percentiles,” pointing towards a greater inequality in internet access. At the same time, access to broadband connections outside of the cities increased sharply, particularly in the mobile market, which rose to 58 percent in 2015 from just seven percent five years before. Although some countries in the region have an urban-rural disparity of around 41 percentage points. Argentine Internet PlanIn May this year, the Argentine government launched its Federal Plan for Internet which aims to “promote access to quality internet in every corner of the country, narrowing the development gap and opportunities between large urban centres and villages.”The plan aims to install fibre optic connections in 1100 settlements through the government’s ARSAT satellite communication programme, raising the equality across the country in the populations access to broadband internet.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald September 13, 2016 03:33 UTC