The tender aims to provide WiFi Internet Access Points in three regions and a system for administration of the network. The winning companies were Cable Onda, S.A., Cable & Wireless Panama, S.A. and Liberty Technologies Corp., for a total amount of $21.6 million for the next four years, distributed as follows:

- System Network Management: Cable Onda, S.A., for a total amount of $3.8 million. 

- Access Points in the region Chiriqui, Bocas del Toro, Veraguas and Ngäbe Bugle: Cable & Wireless Panama, S.A., for a total amount of $5.7 million.

- Access Points in the region Panama, Colon-Costa Arriba, Guna Yala, Darien and Comarca Embera Wounaan): Liberty Technologies, Corp., for a total amount of $6.4 million.

- Access Points in the Colón-Costa Abajo, Cocle, Panama Oeste, Herrera and Los Santos region: Cable & Wireless Panama, S.A., for a total amount of $5.6 million.

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