• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
Ihof Logo Header 182px 67px
Search DropdownSearch Icon2023 Awards
  • About
    • Advisory Board
    • 2023 Induction Ceremony
    • Previous Events
  • Inductees
  • News
    • Blog
    • Announcements
  • 2023 Awards
Home / Inductee Highlights / Network Access Remains Important to Peruvian Internet Pioneer
20 January 2021

Network Access Remains Important to Peruvian Internet Pioneer

More than 20 years after helping facilitate Internet access in Latin America, José Soriano still wants to make sure everyone has equal access to the web. 
Jose Soriano

A 2019 inductee into the Internet Hall of Fame, Soriano was an architect of a public Internet kiosk model that facilitated access for non-Spanish speaking people in his home country, Peru. That model was later embraced by the World Bank and adapted for use in El Salvador, Colombia, Uruguay, Togo and Mauritania.

In a recent video interview, Soriano said he worries about the potentially oversized influence of large companies on Internet access and content. 

“We have three, four or five companies that could have all the property on the Internet,” he said.  

Related Posts

16 March 2021

Lingering Threat of Internet Silos Concerns NSFNET Pioneer

Read More about Lingering Threat of Internet Silos Concerns NSFNET Pioneer

20 February 2021

The Future of Network Security Concerns

Read More about The Future of Network Security Concerns

29 December 2021

Vint Cerf’s Plan to Bring the Internet to Space

Read More about Vint Cerf’s Plan to Bring the Internet to Space

13 May 2021

Lasting Impact of Suguru Yamaguchi

Read More about Lasting Impact of Suguru Yamaguchi

Footer

Facebook F 1
Twitter 1
Youtube 1
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Contact Us

The Internet Hall of Fame is presented by:

Internet Society 76x25

USA

11710 Plaza America Drive
Suite 400
Reston, VA 20190
+1-703-439-2120

Switzerland

Rue Vallin 2
CH-1201 Geneva
+41-22-807-1444

Other Offices

© 2023 Internet Society