Brainstorming Session
Geneva, Switzerland
12-14 July 2000
Interviews
José Soriano
Mr José Soriano is Chief Executive Officer, Red Científica Peruana – Internet Peru. A sociologist from Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires (Argentina), he holds a PhD in Political Sciences from the Haute Ecole de ètudes Politiques of Paris (France). From 1985 to 1990 he worked as editorialist for several newspapers and radio stations in Argentina. In 1991 he fundedRed Cientifica Peruana (RCP), a non-for-profit organization established in partnership with 43 institutions to develop the Internet in Peru. RCP was the first ISP in Peru, and during the first year of operations RCP provided computer training to more than 50,000 people in an Internet center with 20 PCs. Based on a cooperative model, RCP has established 680 public Internet kiosks distributed across the country, providing Internet access at low costs to urban and rural communities. RCP holds around 50% of the Internet market in Peru, and its sales in 1999 were calculated in US$6 million.
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