📋 Tender Overview
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC) reported that it is promoting the approval of a new mechanism for the allocation of bands for 5G technology (3.5 GHz and 26GHz) with the aim of making the radio spectrum available for socioeconomic development and of the digital transition in Peru. This was stated by the Vice Minister of Communications, Carla Sosa.
The MTC proposal involves the assignment of spectrum directly in exchange for a consideration aimed at closing gaps to serve localities that do not yet have 4G technology. This was highlighted during the First Forum of Public-Private Alliances for the Digital Transition: Infrastructures for Universal Connectivity, held in the city of Andorra la Vella, capital of the Principality of Andorra, where the Director of Communications Policies and Regulation participated. of the MTC, Fiorella Moschella Vidal.
At the event, the regulatory initiatives that Peru has been developing to promote universal and significant connectivity in the context of a greater digital transition were announced. In this regard, the MTC explained that the Coverage Fee mechanism allows the payment of rights for the use of the spectrum to be directed towards investment in infrastructure in areas without 4G.
As a result, in 2018 it was possible to have 100 Base Stations (BS) in locations that did not have 4G, in 2023 it was possible to have 230 BS and by 2024 it was decided to expand the investment percentage from 40% to 60% and There are commitments to deploy EB in 425 locations.
It was also noted about Legislative Decree No. 1599 that establishes special measures with the purpose of promoting technological innovation, reducing the infrastructure gap and access to public telecommunications services, known as Regulatory Sandbox and which will soon be implemented. will publish its regulations for comments.
The first Andorra Forum of Public-Private Partnerships for the Digital Transition, organized by the Government of Andorra and the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB), allowed for the construction of an open dialogue and the presentation of regulatory measures to promote investment, new mechanisms for the allocation of radio spectrum and for greater flexibility in the implementation of solutions in favor of closing gaps.
