Gas Natural Fenosa is putting out to tender civil works for underground cabling in the banking district of Panama City.
According to an article in Prensa.com, the Distribution Manager of Gas Natural FenosaPanama, Sebastian Perez, said that "11 companies have pre-qualified and will therefore be eligible to compete for the civil works, which have an estimated investment value of $26 million. The submission of proposals is scheduled for October 19. The other part of the work, electrical, will be contracted out later. "
The first works will cover the banking sector of Panama City and will cost $ 33 million.
Once the Authority of Public Services (ASEP) has approved the tender conditions, bids will be invited from national and international companies for the tender to lay underground cables in the first stage comprising of the banking area.
The project will cost $40 million and will be tendered after approval of a law which establishes the rate to be paid by the users of the involved communications services.
Bill 423 states that users of fixed and mobile telephony, pay view television and internet services will have to pay between 1% and 2% in their monthly bills once the investment plan starts, reported Prensa.com.
The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad has put out to tender the acquisition of cable and materials for the reconstruction of a transmission line.
According to the specifications, the tender is for "Cable and materials for the reconstruction of the transmission line Trapiche –Leesville."
A new rate will be charged to customers of telecommunications services, which will pay for underground wiring works.
The bill approved by the Council of Ministers, which will be presented to the National Assembly, would create a law to establish the rate to be paid by users of telecommunication services (telephone, cable television and internet).
Claro reported losses of $ 4.2 million so far this year.
Until September 1,204 cases of stolen materials have been reported, six times the 184 reported in the same period of 2009.
La Prensa Grafica reported statements from Hector Ortiz, operations manager of Claro, "Due to recurrent incidents, the telephony company stated they have decided not to provide more land-line service in areas where theft of materials has occurred more than 10 times, as is the case of tourist area of La Libertad and the Apopa rural area."
Works are scheduled to begin in early 2011 and will take 4 years.
This initiative will be carried out in Panama City, in the Central Avenue of Santiago de Veraguas, Fourth Avenue of David and in the Colon Free Zone.
“It is the telecommunications cables that could be the main barrier to success. Fees are largely unregulated in this sector and there are many operators, complicating coordination and control”, reported Prensa.com.
Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) will build a new undersea communications cable in the Caribbean.
The company stated that they seek to develop regional clusters in Central America and the Caribbean. This area is a key corridor for data transit between South America and the main hubs in the United States.
The Government ordered a temporary suspension of wire and cable imports from Central America.
Dominican Republic's Treasury Secretary announced they will gather the administrative council for the Central American FTA, to define what is considered as a 'special fiscal regime'. Dominican industrial businessmen have complained about wireimports from Costa Rica that don't comply with the FTA rules of origin.
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