As of April 27, 2020, the analog television signal will cease to operate in the country, which is why the channels must broadcast their content in digital format.
Representatives of the National Telecoms Commission (Conatel) urged the television channels that transmit their signal in the country to make their technical adjustments and test digital transmission before the announced date.
The number of subscribers to the mobile and fixed Internet services increased from 2.5 million to 2.6 million between December 2016 and September 2017.
According to figures from the National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel), in the third quarter of last year "... The number of subscribers of fixed internet services reached a total of 245,924 at the end of this quarter of the year, observing a growth of 2.12% compared to the previous quarter.The number of mobile internet subscribers reached a total of 2,111,101, with a growth of 2.95% compared to the previous quarter."
An international process will start in the coming months to pre-qualify companies for the selection of a fourth mobile operator.
In August a tender was launched to hire a company to handle thedesign specifications of the tenderto enable the 900 MHz and 2500 MHz band, which the National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) will be holding in the coming months.
Preparations are being made for a new tender to assign radio spectrum to a private third party mobile operator.
The National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) plans to allocate part of the spectrum in the bands 700, 900 and 2500 Mhz.
"...Using this process Conatel aims to incorporate a new player into the mobile phone market to increase competition and generate revenue raised from the auction of spectrum, says Executive Agreement 033-2016, of May 26 this year.
The government signed a trust agreement with Banco Atlantida to invest resources in the field of telecommunications and information technology.
With this trust an investment fund will be created for investments that will allow projects to be implemented in the area of telecommunications and information technologies.
"According to the contract, it is indicated that investments will be made in the area of telecommunications and their applications in information technology and communication, as well as facilitating access to the internet."
Systor International will be responsible for managing the porting process, which will be funded by operators of frequencies for mobile phones.
Authorities from the National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel), as well as executives from the mobile operators Tigo, Claro and Hondutel confirmed that the Norwegian company Systor International will is responsible for the operation, administration and management of the central database for the number portability process.
After reserving frequencies for the state run company Hondutel, Conatel awarded the rest of the band to Tigo and Claro, who will pay $12 million each.
Latribuna.hn reported that "The government has sold a license to operate a 4G mobile band worth $24,105,000, reserving a portion for the Honduran Telecommunications Company (Hondutel), so that it can exploit it in the future jointly with a private partner. "
Conatel has put out to public consultation a project for a network identification codes for number portability, which will include all the numbers assigned by telephone companies in the country.
The project specifications state that the code will allow identification of service providers networks for purposes of cell phone portability, allowing users to retain their number even if they change company.
The National Telecommunications Commission has awarded another 5 regional digital television channels completing the concessionary awards of 18 frequencies and raising a total of $5 million.
Channel 47 in zone 1 and with coverage in Francisco Morazán, was acquired by Publicaciones y Noticias S.A. (Publynsa) who offered $294,000. The auction for channel 46 was declared invalid and for 49 there were no bidders.
The National Telecommunications Commission has begun awarding various frequencies with regional coverage and some with national scope.
Channel 44, a national digital television, was awarded for $3 million to the Mexican capital company TV Azteca. This company will operate the frequency for 15 years.
The National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) sold the frequency for channel 45 to Publicaciones y Noticias (Publynsa), at a price of $191 thousand, where the base price was $156 000. This will give regional coverage in the towns of Comayagua, Intibucá and La Paz .
The National Telecommunications Commission announced that in the next few days it will publish details of the public international contest.
Ricardo Cardona, president of the Honduran National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel), said that among the international companies interested in this band are "Movistar, Telefonica from Spain and WirelessKeyView from England."
From 3rd to 10th September, the National Telecommunications Commission of Honduras will be holding an auction of the 36 digital television frequencies and one national one.
An announcement has been made of the publication of tender specifications; "In order to be included participants must be up to date with payments to the state, have a radio or television company and pay the bid price, which for television ranges around $123,000," noted an article in Laprensa. hn.
The National Telecommunications Commission has convened a public tender to operate a Free Television Broadcasting service in different parts of the country.
The tender conditions will be available from June 24 until July 5 at the Conatel offices operating in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula for the amount of $246.
"In zone 1 five channels will be distributed, in zone 2 a total of six channels, in zone 3 three channels, in zone 4 seven channels, in zone 5 nine channels and in zone 9 six channels, totaling 36 channels," noted an article in Latribuna.hn.
Following a request from interested companies, Hondutel has decided to extend the deadline for receipt of bids until January 25, 2013.
A new public-private cell phone company will be created under the figure of a subsidiary, in which a strategic partner will manage Empresa Hondureña de Telefonía Móvil (Movitelh).
According to an article published in Elheraldo.hn, the government has not yet officially released the price for the 49% stake in the company, but it has emerged that the applicant will have to pay $75 million.
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