📋 Tender Overview
Investment would place Peru a step forward in broadband satellite internet services in Latin America.The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC) marks a milestone in its digital connectivity strategy, after a key meeting with SpaceXs satellite policy director, Stephen Nelson, the space technology multinational expressed its investment interest in Peru to provide high-speed satellite internet services, an amount that amounts to approximately one billion soles.
SpaceXs interest focuses mainly on the deployment of communications infrastructure (gateways) in strategic points in the country. SpaceX uses a constellation of thousands of satellites in low orbit to bring high-speed broadband internet to remote areas or areas without mobile coverage.
Stephen Nelson, from SpaceX, in the meeting led by the vice minister of communications Carlo De Los Santos, highlighted the management led by the Minister of Transportation and Communications, Cesar Sandoval Pozo, pointing out that the actions of the MTC have been decisive, including the connectivity expansion strategies, the active role of the technical tables to shorten the digital divide and the simplification and updating processes. regulatory measures designed to eliminate bureaucratic barriers to accelerate the expansion of service to underserved areas.
The MTC has been opening up new investments through regulatory actions such as updating the radio spectrum and including new frequency bands.
Currently, Peru operates with the Ka and Ku bands for satellite services. The inclusion of new bands will allow satellite companies to update their services to offer high-speed satellite connectivity, ensuring that the country has a legal technical framework that encourages investment in cutting-edge technology.
The materialization of this project will not only promote the digital economy and social development, but will guarantee equitable access to the Internet, transforming the lives of millions of Peruvians in the most remote areas of the national territory.
