📋 Tender Overview
With the aim of bringing free Internet service to rural areas the Ministry of Transportation and Communications MTC through the National Telecommunications Program Pronatel implements the Digital Access Public Spaces EPAD initiative in 90 locations in the Cajamarca region. The executive director of Pronatel Edgar Velarde Ortiz reported that ten of the 13 beneficiary localities in the province of Jan are already in provisional operation where the implementation has already been completed as well as the supervision of its operation. . He added that the provisional operation of these spaces maintains the same speed characteristics of the operation stage which will begin once the entire implementation in the 90 locations is completed. This initiative will benefit more than 64000 citizens from 90 towns in the Cajamarca region Cajabamba 2 towns Cajamarca 6 towns Celendn 5 towns Chota 18 towns Contumaz 2 towns Cutervo 11 towns Hualgayoc 3 towns Jan 13 towns San Ignacio 8 San Marcos 3 towns San Miguel 9 towns San Pablo 1 town and Santa Cruz 9 towns. In the Cajamarca region the implementation of this initiative is expected to be completed in November and start-up will begin in December after the supervision activities. The Internet of the EPAD initiative is 20Mbps up and 20Mbps down in 80 locations and 4Mbps up and 20Mbps down in ten locations explained the director of Pronatel. The EPADs are wireless points located in strategic public squares or spaces which will allow to provide the Internet access service via WiFi freely and free of charge to the potentially beneficiary population through their own cell phones tablets or other and within the coverage area. Similarly the MTC installed the same service in 223 rural towns in the regions of Ayacucho Huancavelica Cusco and Apurmac.
