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Friday, December 02, 2022

Refefo to reach 41,000 km of illuminated fiber by 2023

This was announced by Micaela Sánchez Malcolm, Secretary of Public Innovation, during the 9th Latin American Congress on Digital Transformation (CLTD) and the Mobile 360 Latin America GSMA, in Mexico.

There, the official held meetings with the Deputy Director General for Social and Human Sciences of Unesco, Gabriela Ramos; and the Regional Advisor on Artificial Intelligence and Ethics of that organization, Ángel Melguizo. She also met with the director of the World Bank's Regional Digital Development Program for Latin America and the Caribbean, Doyle Gallegos, among others.

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