LivinginPeru.com
Isabel Guerra

Six months after beginning the implementation of a rural broadband project for isolated rural communities, 658 villages located in the remote areas of Cusco, Junin and Piura already have public telephone service, and home and public internet booths, according to
Radio Programas del Peru and El Comercio.
Of the 658 villages benefited, 83 have landlines, 166 can now access the Internet and 498 have public telephone service, according to a joint press conference held by Peru's Minister of Transport and Communications, Enrique Cornejo, and CEO of Telefonica del Peru, Javier Manzanares.
Furthermore, it was reported that more than 255,000 Peruvians are benefiting from the advancement of telecommunications, and this project is projected to reach a total of 3,852 towns throughout the country by 2011.
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