The Secretariat of National Defense of Honduras tenders the satellite signal upload services of the Armed Forces TV Channel, data link and Internet and insertion of the channel in the programming grid.
Government of Honduras Purchase No. LPN-002-2021-SDN:
"The basic procedures for the Satellite Signal Upload and data and internet link with a bandwidth of 30 megabits, signal insertion and TV-HD for the channel Fuerzas Armadas TV are tendered.
In Guatemala, a legislative project prohibiting cuts in water, electricity, cable TV, telephone and Internet services during the state of calamity, which was decreed by the outbreak of covid-19 in the country, was published.
After multiple struggles, Decree 15-2020 was published on May 21 in the Diario de Centroamérica, which was approved by the deputies and then vetoed by President Alejandro Giammattei.
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.
In Guatemala, the rights for the transmission and reproduction of sports events of the national teams of the National Football Federation, in all its categories and modalities, are tendered.
According to the rules of the contest, the rights that comprise the transmissions by open television, cable television, and radio, produced and transmitted within the national territory.
The Costa Rican Security Council is putting out to tender the implementation of a CCTV solution for the Transit Police delegations and retained vehicle depots.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2018LN-000001-0058700001:
"Requirements are for the implementation of a Telecommunications Technology System (LAN and WAN) and Closed Circuit Television for the Security of Physical and Logical Installations, in the Delegations of the Traffic Police, Road Corridors, Storage Facilities for Detained Vehicles and the Traffic Police Training School.(Turnkey).
A report by Akamai highlights an 8.4% drop in the average connection speed in Costa Rica in the second quarter compared to the same period last year.
Between late 2014 and June this year, Costa Rica fell 20 positions in the ranking of broadband Internet, surpassing only Paraguay, Bolivia and Venezuela. Panama recorded a slight growth of 1% in the period in question, while Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras, did not even figure in the report.
The government's proposal sets 40 goals which should be completed by 2021, focused on broadcasting, e-government, spectrum, the broadband digital divide and infrastructure.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT):
San Jose, 02 September, 2015. The Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT), specifically the Vice Ministry of Telecommunications as a specialized technical body, presents the proposal of the Second National Development Plan for Telecommunications (PNDT) 2015-2021.
More companies are brining fiber optics to households in the greater metropolitan area of Guanacaste, promising profound changes in the market of fixed internet services.
Netsys is one of the companies which will start offering residential fiber optic services in the area of Rohrmoser, while Coopeguanacaste will be focusing on the central districts of Nicoya, Santa Cruz and Carrillo.
Costa Rica has initiated meetings to address the change to digital television looking to the Spanish company Ingenia-Telecom as neutral mediator between the government and operators.
In a forum held by the National Chamber of Radio and Television, companies operating open channels emphasized the lack of a public policy to order the transition to digital television.
There are five projects in Costa Rica attempting to set up truly fast internet networks, and all of them are hampered by bureaucracy.
An editorial in Elfinancierocr.com explains that in Costa Rica "the five projects designed to bring high speed internet to businesses and homes are stuck."
"... First of all, it begs the question, why have five projects that are so similar? The plans by Racsa, Jasec, ESPH, Curridabat, all offer an open network (available to all service providers) using optical fiber to connect households (known as Fibre To The Home or FTTH), while the ICE is planning to use fiber combined with copper to provide it's services. "
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.
The draft law establishing a fee to cover the costs of underground wiring and infrastructure for telecommunications and pay television, was approved on third reading in the full Legislature.
From the press release by the National Assembly of Panama:
The draft law establishing a fee to cover the costs of underground wiring and infrastructure for telecommunications and pay television was approved on third reading in the full Legislature.
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 telecommunications company Yota has made complaints to Procompetencia of Nicaragua against America Movil, citing "media obstructions."
According to Informe Pastran: "Nicaragua's Procompetencia confirmed this afternoon that it has received an allegation from an operator in the telecommunications market for alleged unfair competitive behavior ... Although Procompetencia has not said so publicly, Informe Pastran is aware that the complaint comes from the transnational company YOTA who denounced Mexico's America Movil, operating here under the brand name Claro, in a new chapter in the war between foreign phone companies, now for the control of Internet customers ... According to Article 46 paragraph b) of Act 601, the accused party could be sanctioned if the indicated anticompetitive behaviour proves to be true... ”
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).
"Edwin Castillo, director of telecommunications at the Public Services Authority (ASEP), said that the rate to be added will only add about 1-2% onto each customer’s bill, however he was unable to give an exact figure”, reported Prensa.com.
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