Rodrigo Andrés Rivera Basaez, manager of Telefónica's B2B Hispam Digital Services said this to Convergencialatina. They are found in Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil with LTE as technology that has managed to cover a large part of use cases. "5G is the second step for certain capacities that LTE could not provide," said the executive. These implementations seek to automate operational business processes in mining, ports, manufacturing, and involve a transition from legacy networks to mission-critical networks.