Below is a guest post from Sofia Poprickand CEO and co -founder in Techwaves PR.
Latin America is a difficult market for communications companies in the region and its customers. Among the religious operators, the low lesions, and the opposite incentives for its results to the unbalanced definitions, the quality of the low service, as well as the gap in communication and demand, the non -optimum communications industry must be subject to a major transformation to become financially sustainable to the participants.
Decentralized physical infrastructure networks (He depends) Creating these challenges and enhancing the development that affects the need for the sector with a distributed and flexible infrastructure to facilitate the solutions of developed and reliable communications at reasonable prices across Latam and outside.
Telecom market struggle
Although the Internet penetrated to rise From 46 % in 2013 to 81 % by 2023 in Latin America and the Caribbean, the communications industry in the region faces unique problems that make it less sustainable and competitive than Europe, North America or Asia.
First, a coverage gap Antiquities 7 % of the population of the region, which is often concentrated in remote sites with complex terrain – such as mountainous areas in Colombia – where operators in mobile networks cannot expand their services financially. But there is also a gap in use Affect 28 % of Latin America, who do not reach the solutions of telecommunications companies despite the residence in areas with active broad broadband coverage.
In Argentina, the coverage gap affects 4 % while the use gap is 23 %. On the other hand, only 66 % of the Brazil population have access to mobile broadband services, with 12 % and 23 % struggle with communication and use gaps, respectively.
One of the main reasons for this use gap is the inability to withstand costs, primarily through the challenges in infrastructure, heavy expansion in CAPEX, debtor regional operators, and organizational challenges. In countries like Argentina, taxes significantly increase the costs of wide range, with up to 44.5 % of the price attributed to taxes. While the fixed internet prices for it Decrease Buenos Aires since 2018, they are still 4 % composition From the average family income, which is the weakness of the ability to bear the cost of the United Nations.
Depin’s transformative effects of Latam communications
DePin enhances Blockchain to give and control the decentralization of physical communications infrastructure. Currently, the totalable market in the sector is estimated at $ 2.2 trillion, and it is expected that it is expected It reaches 3.5 trillion dollars by 2028.
Through DePin technology, the decentralized communications infrastructure can be created where individuals and small companies have prepared hot points, antennas or routers to provide Internet users with coverage. To obtain their valuable contributions to the ecosystem, operators are rewarded with the original distinguished code payments supported by network use fees.
For Latin American communications providers, the main feature of DePin is that it does not cost them an additional Opex or Capex to cancel traffic from their networks. They do not have to spend money on the deployment of devices or maintenance as well, as the DePin infrastructure is taught.
Instead of competition, cooperation has a greater meaning between DePin and Telcos networks in the Latam market. Since DePins still have a large space for growth, they can take advantage of the fixed communications infrastructure for traditional service providers to provide user coverage in a small part of old services costs. This provides communications an additional source of revenue, which may help compensate for its operational expenses.
Through group designer devices and appropriate symbolic incentives, DePin networks can fill the gaps in coverage in remote sites and complex terrain areas across Latin America. Since this infrastructure development is greatly cheaper than the heavy expansion of Telcos, DePins can provide telecommunications services in disadvantaged areas at reasonable prices. Thus, they also eat the Latam Market use gap, which may bring 28 % of the online population.
Through cooperation, DePins and Telcos can create a connected network of communications solutions that provide customers at reasonable prices, more reliable services, and reinforced coverage. In fact, mixing the firm infrastructure in the main sites and the decentralized ecosystem with the capabilities of quickly expanding in remote areas can significantly improve the quality of service and reduce the frequency of a decrease.
While symbolic incentives are speeding up the development of DePin, the distributed nature and decentralized decentralization make the network more flexible. Unlike traditional telecom companies, DePins lacks one points of failure that attackers can exploit in data violations. This can make the telecommunications market in Latin America more attractive to customers.
A real example of the implementation of DePin Principles is OpenRAMING, a global union that allows a smooth Wi-Fi connection to the world with decentralized identity management and secure and safe and safeNS. The OpenRaming system is upgraded by Uplink, which is a Depin provider on the Internet, by filling the members on a decentralized platform to solve their communication problems. It is a wide and developmental approach, and enhances the extension of coverage to the disadvantaged areas. While the company stipulates on its official website, Uplink’s approach also helps to reduce Capex and Opex by emptying traffic in decentralized infrastructure.
Challenges and future of the accreditation of Latin America DePin
The regulatory policy of each country is not complete, which complicates the operations for both telecommunications companies and the state. Players in the industry must cooperate with governments to create strong frameworks that enhance growth and innovation.
Another barrier on DePins is actually on the Latin telecom companies in Latin America working within the Web2 framework to the web3 market. It is a new sector supported by manufacturing technologies, and old service providers need a clear process to join this new market.
Given the financial conflicts of Latin American residents, telecommunications and national economies, DePin has more important potential in the region than the most advanced areas. With proper incentives and organizational frameworks, DePin can convert the telecommunications sector in Latin America into a competitive, accessible and accessible market.
