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To provide better quality characteristics of public telecommunications services and open the way to progressive implementation of 5G technology throughout the country by 2025 an investment of more than S18 billion will be required from the private and public sector. This was announced by the Supervisory Agency for Private Investment in Telecommunications OSIPTEL during the webinar Direction and future of the telecommunications sector in Peru.This projection made by the regulatory entity which includes both private and public investment contemplates the investment destined in case of the public tender for the concession of AWS-3 and 2.3 GHz electric spectrum bands and 3.5 GHz 3300-3800 MHz estimated at more than S 6000 million which will allow progress in the digital transformation of the sector sustain intensive mobile data use and lay the foundation for the 5G mobile generation.In the virtual event the executive president of OSIPTEL Rafael Muente Schwarz said that it continues to invest in projects from the private sector to meet the needs of users. However deployment from the State is also required to contribute to closing connectivity gaps. Demand growth is much more entrenched calling for more and better telecommunications services he said.In that sense Muente mentioned that according to OSIPTEL estimates by the end of 2024 the country would have more than four million fixed internet connections. He further noted that there is a gap of more than 26000 cellular base stations by 2025 and spectrum was required for 5G technology networks. He added that there are currently more than 76000 km of fiber optics and more than 86000 km of microwave links one of the challenges being to increase the laying of high-capacity transport networks.The development of the 5G network will be fundamental in Peru. Every minute in which a Peruvian who is not connected to the internet is a minute lost in life to maximize their capacity for development well-being growth and fulfillment. Today the internet is linked to the well-being of the person That is why it is a national priority to be able to develop this technology he said.According to the Regional Survey of Telecommunications Services Erestel 2021 of the total rural households in our country only 9.9 have fixed internet compared to 68.5 of households in Metropolitan Lima that access this service Therefore the Executive President said that policies focused on the areas with the highest deficit are required.Strengthening regulatorybodiesDuring his speech Muente stressed that Peru ranks third in regulatory management in telecommunications at the level of South America only surpassed by Brazil and Chile according to the ICT Regulatory Tracker index prepared by the International Telecommunication Union ITU.He indicated that although Peru is well qualified in the indicators of regulatory authority regulatory regime and framework for competition it continues to maintain low scores in the regulatory mandate indicator mainly due to the fact that the allocation of the radio spectrum is not in charge of the regulatory body as is the case in other countries in the region.The results obtained in this ranking as well as the progress of the telecommunications sector in the country demonstrate the importance of having an autonomous regulatory entity whose actions and measures are based on purely technical aspects without any external interference. It is important to strengthen the regulator with a governance model because it is fundamental for the development of the country he said. The same opinion was expressed by the commissioner president of the Federal Institute of Telecommunications of Mexico Javier Jurez Mojica and the professor and researcher of the Pontificia Universidad Catlica del Per Jos Tvara Martin who participated as panelists of the webinar organized for the 29th anniversary of OSIPTEL.
