ITU Connect Americas Summit seeks US$ 53 Billion for inter-American Connectivity

ICTs declared “engines of economic prosperity and sustainable development”

Panama City, July 23,  2012 – The ITU Connect Americas Summit wrapped up last week  with a declaration from Heads of State and Government from Latin America and the Caribbean aimed at mobilizing “the human, financial and technical resources needed to connect the unconnected and to strengthen the role of ICT as the engine of economic prosperity and sustainable development, as well as poverty reduction in the Americas region.”