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The most relevant political and entrepreneurial spotlight these days is probably on the reality of the technological industry, as its short/medium-term development will configure the scenarios of the economy and society of the decades to come at national and international scales.

Very relevant actors in this sector - high-level representatives of the entrepreneurial scope, public and academic sector, at both national and international scale - meet every year at the Digital-Economy and Telecommunications Talks organized by the Spanish multi-sector association AMETIC in partnership with Menéndez Pelayo International University. During these talks, the present and the future of the sector are discussed, at a time when digital transformation and sustainability play a main role in the recovery and reinvention of the economy, industry and society.

Digitization is now seen as both a need and an opportunity. Implementing processes, tools and digital contents improves corporate control and productivity ratios, and also creates new business models through the customization of support and service, leading to diversification and competitiveness.

In Spain, for example, the Tourism industry has focused its growth development on enhancing technologies to improve competitiveness and positioning by means of ambitious programs in the field of Intelligent Travel Destination or Connected Hotels.

An inclusive and sustainable process that, eventually, must make the most of the great potential offered by these disruptive technologies to place people at the core.

In the past few years, Televes Corporation has been an asset in this event and has been able to explain their vision as a leading manufacturer in communication infrastructures for homes and buildings. During the latest edition - held in late August -, they explained the keys of the main role that the Intelligent and Connected Building should play for a successful development of functional and efficient Smart Cities.

It is quite easy to concentrate the value of a product on attractive finishings, the quality of its materials or its production processes. As for the companies making up Televes Corporation, focusing on these details has allowed us to become leaders in the market.

Perhaps because of its intangibility, appreciating the very same value and effort when it comes to the development of firmware or software applications is not that easy. Televes performed its first software development in 1987. The 8051 microprocessor was in charge of managing a simple user interface and monitoring the channel tuning of CATV and satellite receivers.

Technological differentiation and functionality of the different levels of software have brought to life solutions like digital processing in our field meters for TV signal; content streaming from the cell phone to the TV of a hotel room; remote configuration and programming of a whole lighting network; a simple app to manage and pay for both the power and water supply of a boat while at berth; preservation of data privacy and security of a Digital Home connected to the IoT (Internet of Things). They have even allowed the elderly people to live a more independent life by monitoring their activity and comfort in a non-intrusive way.

In the era of digital transformation, it is becoming quite clear that our motto Bound by technology relates to the capacities of our companies for the development of firmware and software.