Students of 1 and 2 more women entrepreneurs living in 790 municipalities in Colombia Will receive free mobile internet for 13 months So that they keep learning and working. The service will be provided by Tigo and Claro, telecom operators won a tender from the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications The last Mobile Mile Project, valued at 96,675 million.
The initiative was designed to give SIM cards with voice and internet to 165,000 people, but the number increased to cover another 175,821 persons. This meant an increase of 106 percent, with a total of 340,821 benefiting.
“This is excellent news, especially for the approximately 362,000 people who registered for two calls on 11 March and 26 April, as we managed to double the number of students from levels 1 and 2 of official institutions, as well As well as women entrepreneurs, who will benefit from this free mobile connectivity project, which will undoubtedly contribute to the closure of the digital divide and economic reactivation ”, Celebrated by Karen Abudin, ICT Minister.
Each mobile operator winning the tender will be in charge of covering an area of the country:
– Tigo will add 209,646 people across 17 departments: Antioquia, Aruca, Caldas, Casanare, Caica, Caesar, Choco, Córdoba, Guinaya, Guavia, Meta, Nariño, Quindio, Risardeda, Tolima, Valle del Caca, and Vichada.
– Claro to serve 131,175 beneficiaries Of 15 departments, including the capital of the country: Archipelago of Amazonas, San Andreas, Providencia and Santa Catalina, Atlantico, Bogotá, Bolavara, Boyca, Cucatina, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Santander, Sucre and Voupes.
“The last mobile mile will reach a population where there is little resource or ability to pay to access these services, especially students from official institutions and women entrepreneurs who have been most affected by the epidemic and who live in 1 and 2 . ” , Abuddin said.
Minitic also elaborated that those who will receive the chips will be students from public schools in the country who are in the ninth, tenth and eleventh grades; From public universities and seine.
In addition, women entrepreneurs from the municipalities involved in the Last Mile project will also receive SIM cards so that they can connect with platforms that help them strengthen their knowledge in electronic commerce, promoting their products through digital platforms Are, and are already at the forefront. -Hand information.
Until it pulls The advantage would be to browse without the 15 GB limit, With 4G LTE technology, Unlimited minutes for all national destinationsWhatsApp without video calls moreover, beneficiaries They will be able to access 21 platforms related to sectors, health, education, emergencies and government without data consumption.
It should be noted that although this service is free, the beneficiaries will have to pay a value of 5,450 pesos to cover the value of the SIM card. This payment must be made only once.
In case of students, they should be Live in sites one and two, Which must be represented through a receipt for public services or by a receipt from a regional authority certifying it.
In return, they must present an affidavit in which they point to the educational institution, municipality, and department, together with the evidence that they indicate that they do not have an Internet service in their home, in case of being a minor, a The Guardian must process this document.
Finally, students who want to apply They must have a device that allows navigation with 3G and 4G LTE technology, And in the case of students from SENA or public universities, they must miss at least 15 months to finish their academic program.
For women entrepreneurs, the eligibility criteria are four: domicile in Strata 1 or 2, mobile devices capable of surfing 3G and 4G LTE internet, In 2020 or 2021 words be beneficiaries of the programs or initiatives of the Ministry of Digital Transformation in ICT, And is a joint venture or strategy between the Ministry of Digital Transformation and its affiliates over the same period.
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