📋 Tender Overview
The current management of the Ministry of Transport and Communications MTC led by Minister Paola Lazarte reported that in the first half of the year Internet connections of its initiative Public Spaces of Digital Access EPAD also known as WiFi squares amounted to 3 965 910 accesses of citizens of 310 beneficiary rural localities of the regions of Huancavelica Ayacucho Apurimac Cusco and Cajamarca. According to a report by the National Telecommunications Program Pronatel of the total connections the Cajamarca region generated greater use and exploitation of the network 1253524 accesses followed by Ayacucho 915810 Apurimac 756617 Huancavelica 597750 Cusco 442209. The browsing preferences of citizens and visitors in the 310 rural localities benefiting from the EPAD initiative are concentrated on educational pages most popular recreational pages such as Facebook TikTok YouTube and Google tools. In June EPAD Internet connections totaled 924312 in 310 beneficiary rural localities in the regions of Huancavelica Ayacucho Apurimac Cusco and Cajamarca. This result which includes the new EPAD Cajamarca exceeds by 221.93 the 416494 Internet connections registered in June 2022. Of the total connections the Cajamarca region generated in June greater use and exploitation of the network 432418 followed by Ayacucho 170941 Apurimac 136788 Huancavelica 106188 and Cusco 77977. The objective of the WIFI squares is to increase the penetration of Internet access in the citizens of rural localities and their visitors who freely access academic recreational or economic activities from their cell phones electronic devices tablets or laptops.
