📋 Tender Overview
Schools in the towns of San Antonio del Estrecho and Charasmana in Loreto made the largest connections in May. The schools in the towns of San Antonio del Estrecho and Charasmana, located in the districts of Putumayo (province of Putumayo) and Contamana (province of Ucayali), both in the Loreto region, made the largest connections to the Internet service of the Conecta initiative Jungle in the month of May.
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC) reported that the town of San Antonio del Estrecho made 1,521 connections to the Internet service of the Conecta Selva initiative, while the town of Charasmana, 1,319 connections, that is, the highest among the four beneficiary regions.
During the month of May, the Conecta Selva initiative, promoted by the MTC through the National Telecommunications Program (Pronatel), generated a total of 389,714 thousand Internet connections in schools and health posts in the 1,034 beneficiary population centers. the regions of Loreto, Ucayali, Amazonas and Madre de Dios.
Of the total number of connections, 97.6% correspond to schools, which allows greater development opportunities for students from inaccessible areas of the Peruvian Amazon. While the remaining 2.4% corresponds to health posts.
On the other hand, Loreto is the region that registered 65.7% (256,071) of the connections, with the remaining 34.3% corresponding to connections made in the regions of Ucayali (104,572), Amazonas (16,367) and Madre de Dios (12 704).
The Conecta Selva initiative provides Internet access to 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.
