📋 Tender Overview
In the first half of 2023 1483425 satellite Internet connections were made by state schools benefiting from the Conecta Selva initiative promoted by the National Telecommunications Program Pronatel which contributes to the improvement in the education of students in inaccessible areas of the Peruvian Amazon. In addition the medical posts benefiting from the Conecta Selva initiative generated 174218 Internet connections thus contributing to promoting the accessible management of patient information making referrals according to the patients need and providing quality care. In total between the months of January and June 2023 Conecta Selva generated 1657643 satellite Internet accesses from the public institutions of 1034 beneficiary population centers in the regions of Loreto Ucayali Amazonas and Madre de Dios. The largest amount of Internet access came from the Loreto region with 65.84 1091355 while the remaining 34.16 corresponds to connections made in the regions of Ucayali 444892 Amazonas 65591 and Madre de Dios 55805. Meanwhile the highest level of connections between the four beneficiary regions of Conecta Selva was registered in the town of Nuevo Andoas in the province of Datem del Maran in Loreto with 7840 connections to satellite Internet service. Connections in JuneIn the month of June Conecta Selva registered a total of 331961 satellite Internet connections with the Loreto region generating the highest accesses 215602 followed by the regions of Ucayali 90470 Amazonas 13401 and Madre de Dios 12488. It should be noted that the schools of Nuevo Andoas and Nuevo Jerusalem de Erene in the Loreto region were the ones that most surfed the net and took advantage of digital tools which is achieved with Internet access. The Conecta Selva initiative allows satellite Internet access to a total of 1316 public institutions of which 1212 are schools and 104 are health posts. In this way it seeks to shorten the digital divide and mainly promote digital literacy and technological inclusion of rural citizens. Pronatel an entity under the Vice Ministry of Communications reaffirms its commitment to continue joining efforts to accelerate the expansion of coverage access and use of the internet in rural areas of Peru.
