Venezuela | FITELVEN 2024 shows the govt’s resilience over sanctions - video Dailymotion

teleSUR English

TeleSUR correspondent Gladys Quesada reports on the second day of the Second Edition of International Telecommunications Fair that will be happening in Caracas until Saturday 21st. teleSUR

Transcript

00:00Telecommunications Fair FITELBEN 2024 underway in Venezuela.

00:05More details with our correspondent Gladys Garzá.

00:10Hi, thanks for this time for you and with the audience of Telesur English and from the south.

00:15Currently, the second edition of FITELBEN, the Telecommunications and Technology Fair 2024 here

00:21in Caracas, Venezuela is still rolling out and it will be until tomorrow, September 21st, Saturday,

00:29that will be the last day of this event. So far, the day has been just equal as yesterday because

00:36the activities program, the schedule included some talks and some master classes in two of the main

00:43halls for speakers and for the general public. As I have been reporting and Telesur has been

00:49reporting, this is an open event so people and the public in general can come in here.

00:56So it is an inclusive event not only led for the entrepreneurs and the companies and the owners

01:03of brands in technology and commerce. Also, I want to say something because this event not only

01:10engages in technology and not only showcases the power of technology and telecommunications in

01:16Venezuela, it also is a way to sort sanctions because let's recall Venezuela is enduring 930

01:23sanctions since 2015 and that's to say that people had difficulties for internet access and

01:32for telecommunications in general, but this event showcases that the government and the institutions

01:39have been doing a good management and have been trying to find other alternatives to the sanctions

01:45and to find common ways to do cooperation with brands and to bring the services to Venezuela.

01:52Also, as we have been saying all day, the conferences and the ways to be here press

01:59also to engage in internet and benefits for the people because it's not only about to bring

02:06services to Venezuela, it's also to make them popular and from wide access. This is a large

02:12event that is growing every year. The first year, 2023, it had 103 experts and people that came to

02:20display their services and possibilities and today there are 118 national companies

02:26in terms of telecommunications and still growing with more than 200 stands for expositions.

02:33Also, tomorrow is the last of the days of this event and it is seen that the talks,

02:41also the conferences, the master classes and all the topics and themes are going to turn around

02:47Venezuelan technology and Venezuela's possibilities. So, tomorrow is a day only

02:52intended for national brands and national companies that are going to showcase their

02:58achievements regarding the technology and also despite the difficulties. Let's recall that this

03:04event is not only for telephone, cell phones, communications, it's also for, and I want to

03:10set the example and the instance, maybe for the banking systems, the financial systems, the trade,

03:16the digital commerce, because all of that is engaged and supported by telecommunications also.

03:22Those were sectors that were heavily impacted by the sanctions and today they are thriving

03:27thanks to events like this and the management of the government. I want to stress something,

03:32from the 100 or out of the 118 companies, there are public companies, okay, under government or

03:40under governmental management, but there are also private companies, which talks about the

03:47initiatives of the government to engage in dual alternatives and in dual fusion of these kind of

03:54sectors. So, this is the information so far, that's what we have. Tomorrow, as I was saying, it is

04:00expected also that authorities of CONATEL, which is the Commission for Telecommunications here in

04:05Venezuela, will be present in the closing ceremony, as well as the big brands and the directors, the

04:11management and the CEOs of big and small entrepreneurs that came here to showcase

04:17what they can do in the benefit and in the favor of all Venezuela. As you can see, this is a party,

04:22this is a light party, people are dancing with artificial intelligence, people are also experiencing

04:29new connectivities and, you know, having immersive experiences with stands and games, because they

04:37have even a gamer zone here. So, this is just to invite the people that haven't come to come in

04:42here and enjoy what is going on in Caracas, Venezuela, here in the Poliedro. Now, back to you.

Venezuela | FITELVEN 2024 shows the govt’s resilience over sanctions

Category

Transcript

Recommended