After a meeting between representatives from Claro, Movistar and Telcor with members of the Infrastructure Committee of the National Assembly, it was decided that within thirty days the telephone companies will submit a draft reform to the committee .

"... phone companies Claro and Movistar along with Telcor have 30 days to submit to the Committee on Infrastructure a comprehensive reform to the law regulating the location and installation of mobile phone masts."

Commenting on the topic, the general manager of the company Claro, Roberto Samson, told Laprensa.com.ni that "it is not possible to move all of the cell phone antennas" because it would cause major disruption to the country's economy. "

He explained that each antenna installed in Nicaragua could cost the phone companies approximately $200,000."

Source: laprensa.com.ni

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