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Leading digital marketing firm highlights InvestChile as success story

InvestChile - December,4,2020

HubSpot has drawn attention to the agency’s digital strategy, which was reinforced during the pandemic and has attracted investment of over US$200 million to the country.  

Topics: Digital Economy- InvestChile

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The importance of digital talent for attracting new business

InvestChile - November,26,2020

The importance of digital skills for the labor market was at the center of debate during InvestChile’s e-seminar.  

Topics: Digital Economy- e-Seminar- Talent

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Accenture creates Applied AI business unit in Chile

InvestChile - March,24,2020

This year, it will focus on the natural resources sector, principally the mining, forestry and fuel industries, where there are opportunities to develop solutions for the use of data analytics in decision-making.

Topics: Digital Economy

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Chilean households connected to optical fiber increases by 71%

InvestChile - March,5,2020

According to the OECD, Chile is one of the seven countries with the highest year-on-year growth of fixed high-speed optical fiber and cable networks. Growth in Chile is above the OECD average of 11.8%.

Topics: Digital Economy

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Yape, the robot that will be delivering food in a few years time

InvestChile - February,27,2020

Hummus, a salad and carrot cake. This is what the Yape robot of Italy’s e-Novia delivered last Monday to Patrik Bergareche, CEO of Just Eat, in a demonstration that food delivery robots are already a reality.

Topics: Digital Economy

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Chile is the LatAm country best prepared to develop a digital economy

InvestChile - February,19,2020

In a study that seeks to promote the strong development of a digital economy globally, Chile ranks as the Latin American country best prepared to start implementing the new economic model. It took 34th place internationally.

Topics: Digital Economy- Ranking- Startup

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Microsoft to use spare TV bandwidth to take Internet to remote areas

InvestChile - October,9,2019

Under a program it is implementing internationally, the company takes advantage of vacant TV frequencies to provide broadband internet access for remote or commercially unattractive areas. In Chile, it has already identified 632 connection points.

Topics: Digital Economy

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Oracle announces installation of large data center in Chile in 2020

InvestChile - September,25,2019

The owner of the company and the seventh richest man in the world, Larry Ellison himself announced the news at an event in San Francisco. Chile is the second Latin American country, after Brazil, to which the company is making a strong commitment.

Topics: Digital Economy- Data Center

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Google will invest US$200 million to develop new data center in Chile

InvestChile - July,19,2019

This will add to the assets it already has in the country and seeks to respond to growing demand for its services in Latin America.

Topics: Digital Economy

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Chile bids to become a digital hub with US$9,1 million investment

InvestChile - May,24,2019

The Chile tech transformation initiative is based around three key pillars: international optical fiber interconnections, the development of local fiber optics and a 5G tender scheduled for early 2020.

Topics: Digital Economy

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Chilean companies incorporating AI at twice the global rate

InvestChile - April,12,2019

Ways of personalizing the manufacture of products and the need to train employees are acquiring importance, says a report by Accenture.

Topics: Digital Economy- Artificial Intelligence

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Starbucks and Burger King to strengthen focus on delivery in Chile

InvestChile - March,15,2019

The emblematic coffee chain plans to remodel 20 stores in line with the new concept which will make its debut with an application to create customer loyalty through rewards.

Topics: Digital Economy

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7 keys to transforming organizational culture in the digital era

InvestChile - February,19,2019

With the arrival of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the idea that organizations must change is all-pervasive. However, the challenges of digital transformation are, first and foremost, a matter of people. According to PwC Chile, they are the key to cultural transformation in times of new technologies.

Topics: Digital Economy

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Digital economy: The 30 most used applications in Chile

InvestChile - December,31,2018

According to Movistar Chile, Facebook, Google and YouTube head the list of the most used apps, indicating the high penetration of digital platforms in the South American country.

Topics: Technology- Digital Economy- Ranking

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OECD Investment: «Digital economy will affect investment patterns»

InvestChile - December,21,2018

As part of the InvestChile Talks series, Ana Novik explained the role played today by investment promotion agencies. "Chile plays an important role in our network of investment agencies," she said.

Topics: Digital Economy- InvestChile Talks- OECD

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2020 Forecasts: Tech professionals in greatest demand

InvestChile - December,11,2018

Big data, blockchain, robotics or cybersecurity? These are just some of the areas of specialization in greatest demand at the moment in the technology sector.  

Topics: Visas- StartUp-Chile- Digital Economy

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The digital economy accounts for 22.2% of Chile’s GDP

InvestChile - November,30,2018

According to estimates by Accenture, this is equivalent to some US$55,000 million. Chile scored 33.1 points in the Digital Economic Value Index in which it led the region, thanks to its high adoption of digital technologies, accelerators and digital talent.

Topics: Innovation- Digital Economy

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Chile seeks investments for the digital economy in Miami

InvestChile - September,3,2018

At a well-attended workshop and in some ten meetings with company representatives, InvestChile presented the opportunities and incentives the country offers for the export of technological services with high value added.

Topics: Global services- Technology- Digital Economy- US investment

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Road map of the new transoceanic cable that will reach Chile

InvestChile - August,6,2018

The project, with a length that could be between 22,000 and 24,000 kilometers, would link Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney and could transform Chile into the Southern Cone’s main digital hub.

Topics: Digital Economy- Submarine cable- Optical Fiber

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10 Facts about Chile's growing technology hub

InvestChile - March,27,2018

There is a reason why so many countries are modeling their entrepreneurial ecosystems after Chile’s. With serious investments in tech and innovation, the Chilean government has spurred some amazing opportunities for tech startups to launch and grow in the country.

Topics: Digital Economy

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