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In order to promote the reduction of the telecommunications services gap in the country, the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) published a set of technical alternatives to expand mobile coverage in rural areas. These proposals are published on the institutional portal and contributions and comments from citizens and the private sector are expected.
In that sense, the current administration led by Minister Paola Lazarte published the document "Infrastructure to connect: alternatives for rural connectivity of mobile services in Peru". It characterizes and segments rural population centers without telecommunications services and presents alternatives for their connection, from an engineering, efficiency and sustainability perspective.
"Since the beginning of this administration, we focused our efforts on reducing the digital divide in the country. To that end, under a technical and articulated work, this document has been published that will contribute to the design of new public policies and will strengthen existing ones for the benefit of thousands of Peruvians who are still waiting for connectivity services, "said Patricia Carreño, Deputy Minister of Communications.
The document highlights the urgent need for differentiated and innovative regulatory treatment in rural geographic areas that lack mobile coverage. For example, it is stated that only 65.7% of households in rural areas have Internet access, while in urban areas it is 89%. Likewise, it is evident that 70% of population centers in the country do not have mobile services.
The publication presents six models of mobile access networks that could be included in the incentive mechanisms currently applied by the MTC to reduce the connectivity gap, such as the coverage fee, or even allow the design of new strategies that aim at the same objective.
The MTC invites the revision of the document in: https://goo.su/yTz3. To submit comments and / or suggestions, you must write to the email info.DGPRC@mtc.gob.pe, within 15 calendar days from its publication, which was on August 1.
