SBAAn Actionable Conceptual ModelSolutions Beyond Access

Home / Background / Country Profiles

Digital Divide Country Profile · South America

VE

Venezuela

Closing the digital divide, expanding meaningful connectivity, and advancing digital education and workforce participation.

Location in the world

Venezuela

Flag of Venezuela

South America

World map showing the location of VenezuelaVenezuela
🇻🇪
Population (2024)
28,405,543
Total area
912,050 km²
Area in square miles
352,144.33 mi²
Coastline
2,800 km
Base map adapted from Wikimedia Commons. Population: World Bank (2024); geography: CIA World Factbook.

National digital inclusion context

A portfolio-based view of access, capability, and outcomes.

This profile organizes the initiatives directly connected to Venezuela in the global research inventory. It follows the study's country-profile framework: national context, broadband infrastructure, inclusion practices, education and workforce connections, implementation actors, and intended contribution.

The documented portfolio emphasizes Fiber / Fixed Broadband Infrastructure, Public Wi-Fi / Community Network Infrastructure, Mobile / Wireless Infrastructure, Fiber/Fiber Optic, GPON. The profile treats infrastructure, affordability, capability, institutions, support, and outcomes as an interconnected system.

Portfolio pattern

What the documented response contains.

Counts reflect source-workbook tags. One initiative may appear in multiple infrastructure or technology categories.

Infrastructure and access

  1. Fiber / Fixed Broadband Infrastructure8
  2. Public Wi-Fi / Community Network Infrastructure3
  3. Mobile / Wireless Infrastructure2
  4. Backbone / Backhaul / Middle-Mile Infrastructure1
  5. Community Access / Computing Infrastructure1

Specific technologies

  1. Fiber/Fiber Optic8
  2. GPON5
  3. FTTH3
  4. Wi-Fi3
  5. 5G2

Intervention classification

  1. Infrastructure and Specific Technology10
  2. Infrastructure only2
  3. Neither explicitly identified2
  4. Specific Technology only2

Education and workforce

Connectivity becomes consequential through participation.

5 initiatives explicitly connect to education, K–12, or college/university contexts, and 2 connect to workforce development. Other investments may enable these outcomes indirectly.

Access

Networks, service availability, devices, and connection quality.

Capability

Skills, confidence, accessibility, navigation, and support.

Participation

Education, work, health, government, and civic opportunity.

Sustainability

Governance, operations, maintenance, funding, and learning.

Project and initiative portfolio

16 documented records

Every directly tagged record is shown with details and supporting URLs preserved from the research workbook.

01

FTTH broadband

Aba Ultra National FTTH Rollout

Ongoing · Multiple states nationwide
View details
Status / periodOngoingLocationMultiple states nationwidePopulationHouseholds and businessesOrganizationsCANTV

Expands GPON fiber broadband and replaces legacy access infrastructure.

Activities and approach: FTTH/GPON

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureGPONFTTHFiber/Fiber Optic
02

Community digital infrastructure stewardship / skills

CANTV Community Telecommunications Technical Training – Mesas Técnicas de Telecomunicaciones

2025–2026 · Communities nationwide
View details
Status / period2025–2026LocationCommunities nationwidePopulationCommunity telecommunications representativesOrganizationsCANTV; community telecommunications committees

Builds local technical capacity to monitor, protect and support connectivity infrastructure.

Activities and approach: Six technical/organizational workshops; certification; infrastructure stewardship

Telecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure
Education
03

Professional digital skills / telecom capacity

Conatel 2026 Telecommunications and Digital-Ecosystem Training Programme

Second half 2026 · Venezuela
View details
Status / periodSecond half 2026LocationVenezuelaPopulationStudents and telecommunications professionalsOrganizationsCONATEL; Instituto Universitario Politécnico Santiago Mariño

Updates workforce skills in emerging digital topics needed for modern networks and digital services.

Activities and approach: Digital forensics; data sovereignty; ethical AI; telecom training

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
EducationWorkforce
04

5G mobile broadband

Digitel 3.5 GHz / 5G Spectrum Deployment

2025–ongoing · Selected urban markets
View details
Status / period2025–ongoingLocationSelected urban marketsPopulationMobile users and businessesOrganizationsDigitel

Uses newly awarded spectrum to introduce higher-capacity 5G services.

Activities and approach: 3.5 GHz spectrum; 5G

Mobile / Wireless Infrastructure5G
05

School digital skills / maker education

Espacio Creador / Movistar Digital Classroom at E.T.I. San José Obrero–Fe y Alegría

Opened Nov 2025 · Antímano, Caracas
View details
Status / periodOpened Nov 2025LocationAntímano, CaracasPopulationTechnical-school students and surrounding educational communityOrganizationsFundación Telefónica Movistar; Fe y Alegría

Adds hands-on technology learning resources for youth in a lower-income urban community.

Activities and approach: Maker/digital classroom; technology education; part of Movistar Digital Rooms network

Community Access / Computing Infrastructure
EducationK–12
06

Regional fiber backbone/access

Falcón Urumaco–El Pedregal Fiber Route

Ongoing · Falcón
View details
Status / periodOngoingLocationFalcónPopulationResidents of regional communitiesOrganizationsCANTV

Activates new fiber routes to expand connectivity beyond major cities.

Activities and approach: Fiber-optic route

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureBackbone / Backhaul / Middle-Mile InfrastructureFiber/Fiber Optic
07

Digital skills / employability

Fundación Telefónica Conecta Empleo Free Online Digital Skills

Operational · Venezuela
View details
Status / periodOperationalLocationVenezuelaPopulationAdults seeking digital careers or reskillingOrganizationsFundación Telefónica Movistar Venezuela

Provides free online learning in in-demand digital professions and career guidance.

Activities and approach: MOOCs; Java; web analytics; game design; programming; digital marketing; virtual career guidance

EducationWorkforce
08

Municipal fiber broadband

GPON Expansion to 301 Municipal Capitals

Ongoing · 301 municipal capitals
View details
Status / periodOngoingLocation301 municipal capitalsPopulationResidents and businessesOrganizationsCANTV

Extends fiber infrastructure broadly across municipal centres.

Activities and approach: GPON fiber

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureGPONFiber/Fiber Optic
09

Regional fiber/public access

Mérida FTTH and Zona Ultra Deployment

2025–ongoing · Mérida
View details
Status / period2025–ongoingLocationMéridaPopulationResidents and businessesOrganizationsCANTV

Introduces/expands fiber and public ultra-broadband access in Mérida.

Activities and approach: FTTH/GPON; public access

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureGPONFTTHFiber/Fiber Optic
10

Mobile broadband modernization

Movistar 4G Modernization and 5G Investment Programme

2025–2027 planned · Nationwide/priority markets
View details
Status / period2025–2027 plannedLocationNationwide/priority marketsPopulationMobile usersOrganizationsTelefónica Movistar

Invests in 4G modernization and new 5G deployment to improve mobile broadband capacity.

Activities and approach: 4G modernization; 5G

Mobile / Wireless Infrastructure5G4G/LTE
11

FTTH expansion

P400 – 400,000 Optical Access Points

2025–ongoing · Nationwide
View details
Status / period2025–ongoingLocationNationwidePopulationHouseholds and businessesOrganizationsCANTV

Adds hundreds of thousands of optical access points to scale fiber service.

Activities and approach: GPON/optical ports

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureGPONFTTHFiber/Fiber Optic
12

City fiber and public access

San Juan de los Morros GPON and Zona Ultra

2025 · San Juan de los Morros
View details
Status / period2025LocationSan Juan de los MorrosPopulationResidents and businessesOrganizationsCANTV

Combines GPON fiber expansion with public connectivity in the city.

Activities and approach: GPON; public Wi-Fi

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructurePublic Wi-Fi / Community Network InfrastructureGPONFiber/Fiber Optic
13

Digital public services / remote document processing

SAREN 100% Digital Legalization and Apostille for 153 Document Types

Operational from Jun 2026 · SAREN and foreign-affairs services
View details
Status / periodOperational from Jun 2026LocationSAREN and foreign-affairs servicesPopulationCitizens needing legalization/apostille servicesOrganizationsSAREN; Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Eliminates physical visits for 153 document types and enables end-to-end electronic processing.

Activities and approach: Online document legalization; apostille requests; official portal

14

Higher-education digital skills

UNETI Virtual National Telecommunications Degree Delivery

Operational / 2026 courses active · Venezuela
View details
Status / periodOperational / 2026 courses activeLocationVenezuelaPopulationStudents seeking telecommunications qualificationsOrganizationsUNETI; university authorities

Uses virtual delivery to widen access to specialist telecommunications education nationally.

Activities and approach: Virtual learning platform; telecommunications engineering curriculum

E-Learning / Virtual Learning
EducationCollege / university
15

Health-facility connectivity

Zonas Ultra – Hospitals in Caracas and Miranda

2025–ongoing · Hospitals in Caracas and Miranda
View details
Status / period2025–ongoingLocationHospitals in Caracas and MirandaPopulationPatients, staff and visitorsOrganizationsCANTV

Adds fiber-backed public/health connectivity at hospitals.

Activities and approach: Fiber; public Wi-Fi

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructurePublic Wi-Fi / Community Network InfrastructureFiber/Fiber OpticWi-Fi
16

Public/shared broadband

Zonas Ultra Free/Public Connectivity Programme

Ongoing · Public zones nationwide
View details
Status / periodOngoingLocationPublic zones nationwidePopulationResidents without convenient private accessOrganizationsCANTV

Creates public ultra-broadband zones associated with CANTV fiber expansion.

Activities and approach: Public Wi-Fi / fiber-backed access

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructurePublic Wi-Fi / Community Network InfrastructureFiber/Fiber OpticWi-Fi

Evidence boundary

Read the portfolio as a starting point, not a final verdict.

Project records document interventions and intended contributions; they do not alone prove nationwide coverage, causal impact, or durable closure.

Profiles will deepen as national statistics, policy documents, evaluations, and implementation evidence are incorporated. Source links allow inspection of underlying evidence.

Evidence and contextProfile Sources

These sources support the country-level demographic, geographic, and connectivity context. Sources tied to individual projects remain with their project records and are not repeated here.

  1. Central Intelligence Agency. (n.d.). Venezuela. The World Factbook. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/venezuela/
  2. International Telecommunication Union. (n.d.). ITU DataHub: Country ICT data. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://datahub.itu.int/
  3. World Bank. (n.d.). Individuals using the Internet (% of population): Venezuela. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?locations=VE
  4. World Bank. (n.d.). Population, total: Venezuela. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=VE

Compare another country.

All country profiles →

Explore the research