“Public regulatory policies should mark the playing field, restart it and free up competition with fair and clear rules,” said the CEO of the Center for Training and Development of Leaders.de CERTAL, Heber Martinezat the conclusion of the “Connect Communities” conference, organized by the entity in Madrid, Spain.
The CERTAL executive underlined the need to have modern and stable regulatory frameworks that favor investments in all countries. He also underlined the importance of closing the price gap at the regional level, the financial sustainability of the sectorthe convergence of services and technological neutrality.
He also referred to the technological platforms, which operate without editorial responsibility and exploit the capacity of the network and the content of traditional media without paying anything.
Directors of major communications companies and entities concluded a two-day discussion Thursday with communications officials and specialists. Latin America and Europeat the Center for Studies on the Development of Telecommunications and Access to the Information Society of Latin America (CERTAL).
There he exhibited, among others, Roberto Nobile, CEO of Telecom Argentina (a company 40% owned by CVH, a company owned by the shareholders of Grupo Clarín), who underlined the importance of having “the same rules” for the “same services”. And I add: “There is an important asymmetry between legacy services with 1970s regulations and new IP services.”
For his part, Hernan Verdaguerdirector of Regulatory Affairs of Telecom Argentina, said that the sector is in a major transformation process, which requires discussing and reforming the way it is supported. investments in the communications sector.
The various panels addressed topics such as regulation, artificial intelligence, infrastructure, 5G, the Internet of Things, content and digital industries.
Source: Clarin
