Access equipment such as smartphones it is becoming more complicated for people because of inflation and because have increased almost 9% so far this year, according to data from the consulting firm The Ciu. This in a post-pandemic context, which placed smartphones as one of the main enablers of connectivity services, because through them users, in addition to browsing, allow them to continue their academic, work and entertainment activities.
“The pandemic caused more than 300 million meetings via Zoom daily worldwide, and that the digital activities of the population increased in a few months that would have been achieved in years. Unfortunately, poverty and inequity grew because those who were not connected had fewer opportunities to continue working, to acquire products or to continue with their school education and health services”, comments the director of América Móvil.
In this sense, he points out that access to mobile devices allows people to develop technological skills with which they avoid being left behind in technological evolution.
This becomes more relevant in the context of the arrival of 5G, whose new network requires greater technological skills and more sophisticated devices.
“That is why it is important to achieve universal digital inclusion. This challenge increases when verifying the benefits of 5G and having the objective that this generation of network does not increase the gaps. There is no digital society without digital skills of the population”, says Hajj.