Bolivia government to reduce telephone profits to gain better access for poor

The Bolivian government announced that discounted profits for phone companies to fund a plan that service access in poor and remote areas of the country, but some operators challenged the decision, reports said Wednesday. The government will deduct 2% of the profits of the telephone in 2012 to fund the National Social Inclusion Telecommunications under a law relating to companies that have not met “the goals of expanding coverage in rural telephony” , said Tuesday the Minister of Public Works, Walter Delgadillo. Read Article