Press release from suter
This is a machine translation of the original press release, published in Spanish
Santiago, March 2024 – In order to provide input during the 10th Internet Access Survey in 2023 to strengthen the measures implemented by the Undersecretary of Telecommunications through the Zero Digital Gap Plan to achieve digital connectivity everywhere people live, Chile’s purposes and users and CADEM.
The results of the survey were recently published and provide relevant information on the different dimensions of the digital divide and its current status. Among the key results, the increase in connectivity access is most striking: 94.3% of households surveyed claimed that they have their own paid internet access via fixed, mobile and/or satellite technologies. It is worth mentioning that mobile connections have played a positive role in narrowing the gap, especially in rural areas, where such connections reached 50.9%.
On the other hand, one of the main motivations for accessing the Internet is the need to use it as a means of communication (69.8%) and a tool for obtaining information (57.0%).
“Today, digital connectivity is an essential service and a tool for realizing a range of rights such as health, education and work. It is therefore very good news that the adoption of connectivity technologies is increasing and that these technologies are of a high standard. This information is important for continuing to promote Very relevant to the focus on the different measures of the Zero Digital Gap Plan, the initiatives we are taking to promote the development of digital skills and achieve true inclusion in the digital society, said Claudio Araya, Undersecretary of Telecommunications: “Our country With the whole world integrating, we know no one can be left out. “
As background to the work on Subtel’s National Digital Literacy Scale, the results presented show a gender gap in access to digital connectivity: 95.1% of male-headed households have access to the internet, while 93.2% of male-headed households have access to the internet. Female heads of households have this opportunity.
Another interesting fact is that, unlike the surveys conducted in previous years, this edition focuses specifically on rural areas, as they constitute the main focus of the digital divide.