So stated the director of the Nicaraguan Institute for Telecommunications and Postal Services (Telcor), Orlando Castillo, referring to the proposal to provide mobile phone services and Internet access which was opened to public bidding last week.

"Castillo highlighted mostly what is called the 'social component' of the Chinese offer, which without going into details relates to rural telephony. 'We want all our farmers to have a cell phone or have access to get one", he said", published Laprensa.com.ni

The director added that the process has not yet been awarded and that it will comply with all transparency standards so that the "best man may win" .

The segment is tender frequencies of 1785-1805 MHz of the 1800 MHz band.

Source: laprensa.com.ni

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The announcement by the Costa Rican state telecom company, that it will not take part in the tender organized by TELCOR, apparently leaves the competition with only the Chinese consortium Xinwei.

Laprensa.com.ni reports that "The announcement by the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) occurred following a publication in the newspaper La Prensa which revealed that the bidding terms and conditions established by Telcor for this tender were designed to favor the bid by the Chinese consortium, whose arrival in the country is being promoted by Laureano Ortega, son of President Daniel Ortega, from his post at the para-governmental agency Pro Nicaragua. The ICE’s exit from the tender along with Claro Movil and Telefonica Movistar due to "locks" built into the bidding terms and conditions, leaves Xinwei practically as the only bidder. This means that the main argument for awarding them the contract is that their offer will be the only one."

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October 2012

Chinese companies such as Xin Wei, Wang Wei y Datang Mobile have been added Movistar, Claro and another two unidentified Telecom’s companies in the list of those cinterested in the bidding for the 1785-1805 MHz band.

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Bidding Rules Available for Cell Phone Tender

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The bidding rules for granting the authorization certificates and frequencies for the band from 1785 to 1805 megahertz are available for purchase in Nicaragua for $3,000.

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Nicaragua Tenders Mobile Frequencies

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The Nicaraguan Institute for Telecommunications and Postal Services is putting out an international public tender in order to expand the mobile phone market to three companies.

The segment of frequencies to be tendered is the 1785-1805 MHz in the 1800 MHz band.

According to an article in Trincheraonline the bidding rules also say that "the new firm may 'operate' in 'rural areas' in order to 'promote' the development of telecommunications in areas outside the cities. '