Digital gap and regional development. Case of study for the Mayan Zone, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation was to study the situation of the technological infrastructure that allows telecommunications and specifically the case of Internet connectivity that José María Morelos municipality has in Quintana Roo State, and that is part of the Mayan Zone, in which, like any other municipality, its technological needs increase day by day generating a bottleneck for the various companies and institutions that require stable and reliable connectivity. Although Quintana Roo is one of the most prosperous states of the Mexican Republic, this development has not been equitable throughout its territory, but a developmental enclave has been created in the so-called "Riviera Maya", whose productive structure is totally focused on high-end services and hotels. On the contrary, the Mayan Zone has historically been a geographic segregated place of economic and social development, where its economic structure reflects backward productive organizations. In this sense, it is evident that the lack of infrastructure that allows Internet connectivity plays a fundamental role, since in this way communication depends not only on the exchange of ideas in social networks, but even the decision to implement new business that they may have an electronic collection terminal, their own web pages, electronic invoicing, etc.