Government expects that 70% of Ecuadorians have a smartphone in 2020

It is anticipated that in six years, seven out of 10 Ecuadorians will have a smartphone. This was stated by Alvaro Armijos, Deputy Minister of Telecommunications, in the VII Congress of Telecommunications, Information Technology and Communications, which is developed in Quito until October 15.

One of the goals is to increase the access to smartphones so that the population can have access to Internet and the different services that offered online through these devices, which will be connected to high-speed networks as 4G-LTE.

Currently, in the country it is estimated that 4 million of Ecuadorians have a smartphone and the number of cell phone subscribers reaches 17.9 million.