19 February 2022 | For: Institutional Communication Department
With the presence of the member of the Political Bureau and Prime Minister of the Republic Manuel Marrero Cruz, the annual work meeting of the Ministry of Communications was held on February 18, in which the work projections for this 2022 were presented.
According to the organization for the analysis of compliance with the goals and objectives of the country's Economic and Social Development Plan until 2030, the Minister of Communications, Mayra Arevich Marín, explained that the ministry has a presence in three of the six Macroprograms defined , with the participation of the projects: Infrastructure of public telecommunications services; digital television; electronic commerce; digital government; the industry of computer applications and services and Cybersecurity as a cross-cutting element for all, in accordance with its scope. In the debate, the interventions of directors of the organization and the Communications system on the work projections for this year 2022 stand out:
Ariadne Plasencia Castro, president of the Information Technology and Communications Group (Geic): "We have new goals: to develop solutions and new ways for services to the population and exports."
Mario Hernández Pastrana, General Director of Computing at Mincom: “There are many potentialities that we have to digitize in terms of digital government. Projecting the potential of the companies associated with the process will transform the life of the citizen into a better quality of life and management.
Ailyn Febles Estrada, president of the Union of Informatics of Cuba: “Within the projections is to continue the training of our professionals. This year we have three blocks of training within the approved program to strengthen the quality of future local development projects.
Rafael Luis Torralba Ezpeleta, director of the Scientific and Technological Park of Havana (PCT): "Diversifying the sources of financing is one of the greatest challenges that lie ahead."
Tania Velázquez Rodríguez, president of the Cuban Telecommunications Company (Etecsa): One of the company's priorities is to continue the investment process, particularly for wireless Internet access in homes, which will allow some 56,000 homes to be connected in 2022 .
For his part, the member of the Political Bureau and Prime Minister of the Republic, Manuel Marrero Cruz, recognized the importance of the exchange that enriches the debate. He commented on the priorities established for 2022.