The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad is inviting bids for solutions for quality and experience of its IPTV, VOIP, and Mobile Services.
The state run Costa Rican Electricity company, known as ICE, located in San Jose and with the legal identity No. 4-000-042139-02, is inviting bidders to participate in Tender No. 2012-LA-000071-PROV, for the PURCHASE OF TOOLS (SOLUTIONS) FOR QUALITY AND EXPERIENCE IN IPTV, VOIP and mobile services.
Multi-National Network is an exclusive platform based on IP protocol, which will integrate communications between state institutions.
With this new platform the Government plans to save $ 10 million a year in telecommunications costs.
The Platform for the Multi Telecommunications Network consists of the acquisition of a modern unified telecommunications platform, integrating voice, data and video services based on Internet Protocol.
The Government will contract directly with companies Cable & Wireless and Cable Onda to deliver the services.
Three companies, Cable & Wireless, Telefónica and Cable Onda had participated in the bidding process which was canceled on September 6.
It was believed the business would be split among three companies which participated in the bidding, but the administrator of the regulatory authority (Anigo) stated that Telefonica was not considered because its proposal was the highest.
Participating companies awaiting the results of an invitation to tender by Panama's innovation authority (AIG in Spanish) saw it reject all offers received.
Three companies (Telefónica Panamá with a $60 million offer, Cable Onda with $29 million and Cable & Wireless Panama with $36 million) were competing for the contract to provide the state's telecommunications services.
The government's innovation authority (AIG in Spanish) has rejected all bids submitted to provide the services.
Three companies had presented offers to supply a multi-service network providing integrated voice, internet and data services to state institutions. Telefónica Móviles made an offer of $60 million, Cable Onda $29 million and Cable & Wireless Panama $36 million.
Three companies have presented bids to provide an integrated multi-service network supplying voice, internet and data communication services to state institutions.
The bidders were Teléfonica Móviles with $60 million, Cable Onda with $29 million and Cable and Wireless with $36 million.
"The head of the Panamanian government's innovation authority (AIG in Spanish), Eduardo Jaén, explained that in this weighted tender evaluation process, the economic part of the offer will contribute 35% of the total value, with experience contributing 10%, financial status 10% and the network design 45%," reports Pa-digital.com.pa.
The contract comprises supplying a multiuse network for voice, internet and data systems in government institutions.
Panama’s government will choose a supplier for setting up VoIP services, in addition to WAN and Internet services. In particular, the network must provide the following services:
• Basic local telecommunications services
• National basic telecommunications services
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AyM is one of the new Costa Rica's ISP licence holder.
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The first six companies to compete with state-run ICE in the telecommunications market have been authorized in Costa Rica.
The Superintendency of Telecommunications (Sutel) gave the green light to allow the companies to offer telephone over IP and Internet services.
According to La Prensa Libre de Costa Rica, the president of the Sutel Council, George Miley, said: “Today is a historic day for Costa Rica and especially for telecommunications.
Through a document presented to Sutel, ICE withdrew its objections to the entry of competitors in the telecommunications market.
The legal director of the Costa Rican Institute for Electricity, Erick Jiménez González, laid out in the document presented that the action is "with the purpose of collaborating in the regulatory process during the transition phase."
More mobility and lower operating costs: The interaction between computers and telephone services has matured and the entry costs are accessible.
The important thing is that when the return on investment is taken into account, opting for IP technology for communications is a decision increasingly favored in companies. That return on investment is not only in lower operating costs than those of telephone exchange services, but also in higher productivity.
The Telecommunications Superintendent issued a resolution setting different requirements for telecommunication companies and Internet cafés.
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