📋 Tender Overview
With the aim of connecting more Peruvians and improving their quality of life, the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) reported that 425 rural localities will access 4G mobile Internet for the first time in 2024, to benefit more than 68 thousand people, through the mechanism called "Canon for coverage" promoted by the sector.
This infrastructure deployment represents, approximately, S/ 174 million of committed investment, said the general director of Communications Programs and Projects, Iván Mendoza, during his presentation at the "Round Table on Information and Communication Technologies", within the framework of the 68th Meeting of the APEC Telecommunications Working Group (APECTEL). which takes place in Arequipa.
According to the official, the beneficiary population centers are located in Piura, Lambayeque, Cajamarca, La Libertad, Ancash, Pasco, Lima, Junín, and Huancavelica. Likewise, in Ica, Ayacucho, Arequipa, Tacna, Apurímac, Puno, Cusco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, Huánuco, San Martín, Amazonas and Loreto.
"The number of beneficiary localities for this year represents an increase of 82% compared to the number selected in 2023 (230 rural localities)," said Mendoza Magallanes.
The increase is explained by the regulatory changes promoted by the current management of the MTC, which allows up to 60% (previously it was 40%) of the money paid by companies for the use of the spectrum to be allocated for their direct investment in the deployment of base stations with 4G technology and/or technological improvement (from 2G to 4G).
The coverage fee mechanism is a collaborative innovation implemented by the MTC to expand mobile connectivity in the country, allowing a part of the payment made by mobile operators (60%) for the use of the radio spectrum to be transferred to investments in telecommunications in rural areas without coverage.
Since 2018, when the coverage fee mechanism was implemented, 1090 localities have benefited, serving more than 208 thousand people, with an investment of approximately S/ 492 million.
The main objective of APECTEL, made up of 21 economies, is to establish an ICT ecosystem that will allow regional integration and economic growth to be achieved. Peru is once again hosting this important summit after 2008 and 2016.
