Sergio Oslé, CEO of Telefónica Spain: “Innovation is key to reactivation” – The Objective

The CEO of Telefónica Spain, Sergio Oslé, has highlighted that digitization and innovation are “key to economic reactivation” and has underlined the importance of preserving “values” and “humanism” in the midst of the “great digital revolution”. », which is «an unstoppable train». This was revealed this Tuesday during the presentation of the report ‘The Digital Society in Spain 2022’, prepared by Fundación Telefónica, which took place at the Espacio Fundación Telefónica, in Madrid. Among other data, the document reveals that Spain “consolidates its leadership in terms of connectivity”, occupying seventh place in the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) in 2022, within the 27 member states of the European Union. Teleworking goes up In addition, it shows that the great changes that came due to the Covid-19 pandemic are also consolidated, such as teleworking, which goes up four points to 8%; or basic digital skills, which improve and rise seven points to 64%. Although, negative data is also observed, such as the “large deficit” of digital professionals, as stated by the head of the Digital Culture and Espacio Fundación Telefónica area, Pablo Gonzalo. Specifically, he specified that there are 3.8% ICT specialists and “only 20% are women”. “We have a talent hole that we are not taking advantage of,” he warned. After the presentation, a discussion took place between the Secretary of State for Digitization and Artificial Intelligence, Carme Artigas, and the CEO of Telefónica Spain, Sergio Oslé, moderated by Pablo Gonzalo. “Digital Key” Carme Artigas highlighted that the Fundación Telefónica report highlights that 2021 has been “the year that consolidates the commitment to digitization” and that the situation of “acceleration” of digitization is not something “temporary”, as was thought, but “structural, which has come to stay”. In this sense, Artigas has pointed out that “the economic recovery of Spain” goes through “a recovery in a digital key” and she has highlighted that the more the digital economic contribution to the Spanish GDP is increased, the more competitive the country will be. For his part, Oslé explained that the data shows that digitization is “an unstoppable train” and that it is increasingly part of people’s lives in areas such as health or entertainment. Digital Spain 2025 Along these lines, he also highlighted that “digitization is key to economic growth” and highlighted that 5G is going to be a fundamental technology whose deployment in Spain will involve investments worth more than 5,000 million euros and the creation of more than 300,000 jobs, according to the Spain Digital 2025 strategy. «It will allow complex processes to be carried out with very high quality, it will mean a total revolution for mobile users, but above all for companies, in their operational processes , and those that do not adapt to the new 5G reality will not be able to compete”, Oslé pointed out. In this sense, the Secretary of State for Digitization has argued that 5G will allow more immersive experiences and has given some examples such as the best surgeon in the US being able to operate remotely in an African village with a robot. 5G grows she has also indicated that 5G will create “offshoring dynamics”. «When we talk about telecommuting, we think of the pandemic, but it is also taking the laptop and working from a beach anywhere in the world. People will no longer go to work where the companies are, but instead they will go where the talent is », she predicted. On the other hand, experts have shown their concern about cybersecurity and have asked to pay attention to some key aspects in an increasingly digitized world, such as using different passwords or not registering the mobile number on any website.

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