📋 Tender Overview
A total of 411762 internet connections were registered last January from public squares with free Wi-Fi service implemented by the Ministry of Transport and Communications MTC in 223 rural locations of Ayacucho Apurmac Cusco and Huancavelica. This result exceeds four times what was reported in the same month of 2022 88504 connections which shows a greater interest of people in the use of the Internet. Google tools educational topics and social networks such as Facebook and YouTube were the most searched. The region with the highest number of connections was Ayacucho 137266 followed by Apurimac 114490 Huancavelica 94894 and Cusco 65112. Public squares with free Wi-Fi or WiFi Squares are part of the Public Spaces of Digital Access EPAD initiative of the Ministry of Transport and Communications which is implemented by its National Telecommunications Program Pronatel. The Ministry of Transport and Communications has in its portfolio the execution of 2417 WiFi Squares with the aim of reducing the digital divide and bringing Internet service to places of preferential social interest.
