Internet interconnection service and digital links for different computer units of the Government of Guatemala.
Guatemala Government Purchase 15881091:
"The Ministry of Education of Guatemala requires telecommunications service for internet interconnection and digital links with the following technical specifications:
* Data transmission computer network interconnections for applications on development platform, with Ethernet format and power supply 120 VAC, 60 Hz.
The Superintendence of Telecommunications, as Sectorial Competition Authority, approved the purchase by Cabletica of 100% of the operations of Telefonica de Costa Rica, which offers telephony and mobile Internet services nationwide.
Last year, countries in the region imported communication radios for $52 million, and Central American purchases from Mexican companies increased by 79% compared to what was reported in 2019.
Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with the graph"]
The Ministry of Government and Justice will concession the equipment, administration and maintenance of the telephony and signal blocking service for the La Nueva Joya penitentiary center for a 48-month period.
Panama Government Purchase 2021-0-04-0-08-LV-012287:
"Objectives of the procurement:
-Supply and installation of a secure and reliable telephony platform for the entire population Deprived of Liberty.
The Costa Rican Electricity Institute bids the supply of telephone cables that will be used to provide connectivity to broadband solutions to end customers, from copper distribution cabinets.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2021LA-000003-0000400001:
"All of these telephone cables will be used to provide connectivity to the broadband solutions to end customers, starting from the copper distribution cabinets, up to the dispersion boxes in the secondary network.
The Inter-American Development Bank approved a line of credit, whose funds will be used to finance a program that seeks to increase the country's digital connectivity levels by strengthening institutional and operational capacity.
With a $70 million investment, of which $45 million will be financed by the ordinary capital of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and $25 million by the Korean Fund for the Co-financing of Infrastructure Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (KIF), the program will increase the institutional and operational capacity that will allow the development of a digital agenda and improve connectivity, through investment and improvements in the conditions for the adoption of digital infrastructure solutions, according to an official statement.
In the first nine months of 2020, the countries of the region imported communication radios for $39 million, and Central American purchases from Mexican companies increased by 36% compared to what was reported in the same period of 2019.
Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with the graph"]
Panama's Civil Aeronautics Authority tenders the design, supply and installation of communications systems for national aerodromes.
Panama Government Purchase 2021-1-38-0-99-LV-011041:
"The project consists of the design, supply, installation, testing, certification and delivery of systems that allow Ground - Ground Communication (defined as the communication between the different stations in the country, as well as to the different aerodromes) and Air - Ground communication (defined as the communication that exists between the Pilot and the Controller). The national aerodromes considered for this bid are:
After the session between Sutel and the operators interested in participating in the public auction of the 5G network, the businessmen ask the authorities to draw up a roadmap and a schedule that includes the recovery and availability of the required frequencies.
Claro, the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE), Telefónica, Call May Way, Huawei Technologies Costa Rica, Next Curve, Telecable, Viasat and Cabletica, were some of the 12 operators that attended the hearing called by the Superintendence of Telecommunications (Sutel), in which the willingness of the companies to participate in the public auction of the frequencies of the radioelectric spectrum in question was known.
After a resolution was issued for the reorganization of the 700 MHz band, Telecomunicaciones de Guatemala S.A. and the Human Rights Ombudsman's Office submitted appeals for revocation to the Superintendence of Telecommunications.
The controversy originated after Comunicaciones Celulares S.A. bought from Albavision in 2019 the usufruct titles that are immersed in the 700Mhz band. This transaction was made in the secondary market.
The company Telefonica went from monopolizing 22.3% of the total mobile telephone subscriptions in the country in 2015, to concentrating 29.9% at the end of last year.
According to a report prepared by the Superintendence of Telecommunications (Sutel), which was released on November 17th, in the last few years Telefonica has gained ground in the mobile telephone market, and in the cases of Claro and the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE), they have decreased their share.
Between 2018 and 2020, it is estimated that the demand for data services in the fixed and mobile network grew 2.5 times, a rise that can be partly explained by the need to work at a distance and receive educational services online.
Because of the spread of covid-19 and the imposition of restrictions on mobility, businesses, workers and consumers have had to migrate to the digital environment at great speed.
The Panama Metro is tendering the service of preventive, corrective, aesthetic and predictive maintenance of the telecommunications equipment of Line 1, for three years.
Panama Government Purchase 2020-2-80-0-08-LP-002880:
"Lines to be contracted:
-Corrective, aesthetic and predictive preventive maintenance service of the equipment of the APIS, TETRA, SCADA, ATS systems and Third Level Support of the CCTV and Telephone System of Line 1 of the Panama Subway.
One of the conditions for authorizing the acquisition is that America Movil must relinquish the right to operate 25 MHz of radio spectrum with national coverage in the 850 MHz band and 30 MHz of radio spectrum with national coverage in the 1900 MHz band, which currently belong to Telefonica.
According to the technical, legal and economic analysis carried out, it was warned that the acquisition would result in limitations to competition in the markets for mobile and fixed telephony and business connectivity services. Therefore, the Board of Directors of the Superintendence of Competition (CDSC) decided to impose a set of conditions to repair the damages, which include enforcement measures prior to the closing of the transaction (ex ante) and a series of subsequent obligations (ex post) in order to counteract such limitations, informed the Superintendence of Competition (SC).
The National Registry of Persons of Guatemala tenders the services of installation of point to point links, redundant systems, dark fiber and Internet.
Guatemala Government Purchase 12489514:
"Detail of the required:
-360 point-to-point links of 5 Mbps minimum, installed between RENAP headquarters Calzada Roosevelt 13-46 zone 7 and the Registry, Auxiliary and Administrative Offices.