📋 Tender Overview
A key milestone is marked towards compliance with the increase in internet coverage in rural areas and strengthening digital skills.The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC) approved the new Operations Manual of the National Telecommunications Program (Pronatel), with the aim of promoting the closure of connectivity gaps, expanding the coverage of fixed Internet in rural areas and preferential social interest, and strengthening the digital competences of citizenship.
The technical -formative document establishes the functional structure of Pronatel, defines its general and specific functions, as well as the institutional processes and organizational chart. With this update, organizational management is modernized to optimize the planning, execution and monitoring of the projects.
Currently, the program assigned to the MTC develops a connectivity model aimed at reducing the infrastructure gap in rural areas, which includes strategies to contribute to the improvement of the populations digital skills and massify the use of information and communications technologies (ICT). This is specified through broadband projects, creation of the fixed Internet access service, implementation of Digital Access Centers (CAD) and the Digital Access Public Access Initiative (EPAD).
The modernization of its structure will allow Pronatel to accelerate the timely hiring of goods, services and works, strengthen strategic management and have a team of trained public servants, motivated and aligned with institutional objectives.
With these improvements, the program may optimize its processes to guarantee universal access to telecommunications services, prioritizing rural and preferential social interest. Likewise, the beneficiaries of the projects will be in better conditions to use digital tools effectively, responsible and productively, thus enhancing their digital citizenship.
