📋 Tender Overview
Mechanism promoted by MTC promotes private sector participation to bring connectivity to more Peruvians in rural areas.The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC) reported that, at the end of the first semester of 2025, the commitments assumed by the operating companies that accessed the Canon mechanism by coverage 2024 were complied with 100 %.
This achievement allowed 67 565 Peruvians from 425 rural locations to access 4G mobile services (voice and data), thus contributing to the closure of digital connectivity gaps in the country.
The regions with the highest number of localities benefited during this period were Cajamarca (78), Cusco (43), Huancavelica (33), Puno (30) and Apurimac (29), consolidating the territorial impact of this strategy that bets on greater equity in access to information and communication technologies.
The Canon for coverage is a strategy led by the General Directorate of Communications Programs and Projects (DGPPC) of the MTC, which allows operating companies to allocate up to 60 % of the payment for the use of the radio spectrum to investments in 4G infrastructure in rural areas. In this way, the participation of the private sector in the development of telecommunications with inclusive approach is promoted.
Commitments 2025
To this progress are added the commitments corresponding to the fee for coverage 2025, which contemplate the attention of 441 additional locations, which must be connected no later than in July 2026, benefiting more than 111 700 inhabitants of remote areas.
From the beginning of the strategy, in 2018, until the first half of 2025, the mechanism has allowed connecting with 3G and 4G mobile services to more than 212,000 citizens into 1090 rural locations, transforming their access to education, health, electronic commerce, financial inclusion and economic development opportunities.
With these actions, the MTC reaffirms its commitment to continue working to bring connectivity to each corner of the country, promoting the well -being and progress of thousands of Peruvian families.
