📋 Tender Overview
Schools in the towns of Nuevo Jerusalem de Erene and Huapapa, located in the districts of Putumayo Yavarí (province of Mariscal Ramón Castilla) and Yaguas (province of Putumayo), respectively, in the Loreto region, made the largest connections to the Internet service of the Conecta Selva initiative in the month of December.
The town of Nuevo Jerusalem de Erene made 1,249 connections to the Internet service of the Conecta Selva initiative, while the town of Huapapa, 1,174 connections, that is, the highest among the four beneficiary regions.
During the same period, the Conecta Selva initiative, promoted by the National Telecommunications Program (Pronatel), generated 345,170 thousand Internet connections from schools and health posts in the 1,034 beneficiary population centers in the regions of Loreto, Ucayali, Amazonas and Madre de Dios.
Of the total number of connections, 97.5% correspond to schools, which allows greater development opportunities for students in inaccessible areas of the Peruvian Amazon. While the remaining 2.5% corresponds to health posts.
On the other hand, Loreto is the region that registered 63.9% (220,587) of Internet connections, with the remaining 36.1% corresponding to connections made in the regions of Ucayali (96,699), Amazonas (14,917) and Madre de Dios (12,967).
During 2023, the Conecta Selva initiative reached a total of 3,632,358 million connections to the Internet service, registered from the 1,316 beneficiary public institutions, of which 1,212 are schools and 104 are health posts. In this way, it seeks to bridge the digital divide and, mainly, promote digital literacy and technological inclusion of rural citizens.
Pronatel, an entity attached to the Ministry of Transport and Communications, reaffirms its commitment to continue joining efforts to accelerate the expansion of coverage, access and use of the internet in rural areas of Peru.
