President Leonel Fernandez attended the inauguration of the Centro Cultural de las Telecomunicaciones in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City on Monday 18 July. Coinciding with the opening, the 14th Convention of the Ibero-American Association of Research Centers and Telecoms Companies (AHCIET) whose membership consists of 50 telecoms companies in Latin America and Spain, is meeting at the Center’s 200-seat auditorium to discuss the future of the Internet. Spanish Telecoms Minister Bernardo Lorenzo, who is president of the Telecoms Market Commission (CMT), will be speaking at the event.
The newest museum in Santo Domingo, the Centro Cultural de las Telecomunicaciones tells the history of TV, radio and telecommunications in the Dominican Republic. It also has the largest audiovisual archive in the country. Admission to this state-of-the-art museum will be free for the first month. Open Tuesday to Thursday 9am to 5pm, Friday & Saturday 9am to 9pm and Sunday 10 to 6pm. Isabel la Catolica at the intersection with Emiliano Tejera, Tel 809 732-5555.