📋 Tender Overview
The Ministry of Transport and Communications MTC initiated the process for hiring a temporary operator of the National Fiber Optic Dorsal Network RDNFO in which free competition plurality and equality will be guaranteed and in strict compliance with the law.In this regard through the National Telecommunications Program Pronatel companies that have an enabling title for the provision of public telecommunications services may register to submit their queries comments and or contributions to the Term of Reference TDR of this contracting process. You can do it until April 21 to the epom01@mtc.gob.pe mail.Since we assumed the management one of the main points on the agenda was to value the Dorsal Fiber Optic Network to facilitate the populations access to broadband and today we are advancing in the hiring of a company that temporarily guarantees the operation of the network said the Minister of Transport and Communications Paola Lazarte.The RDNFO has an approximate 13500 km of fiber optics nationwide in 180 provinces. It provides the bearer service and allows the various private operators to provide services to the user such as broadband Internet and mobile telephony. It should be noted that the market study that Pronatel will carry out will be decisive in order to have the consultations and contributions of the companies in the sector to later select the best offer.In parallel Proinversin was commissioned to prepare a study on the available alternatives including their scenarios and impacts which allow the MTC to define the best contractual modality applicable to value the RDNFO and subsequently select the definitive operator.Within the framework of transparency actions the MTC published last February a report prepared in 2022 by a sectoral working group. Subsequently a series of meetings have been held with experts from academia the regulator operators consultants among others to receive their opinions and contributions which added to the result of the study commissioned to Proinversin will define the best alternative to optimize the exploitation of the RDNFO and promote access to broadband in non-connected areas.
