The Honduran Customs Administration tender’s maintenance and warranty services for RFID installations at the borders the country shares with Nicaragua and El Salvador.
Honduras Government Purchase LPN-ADUANAS-011-2021:
"As a result of this tender, a Maintenance and Warranty Service Contract for the RFID Installations at the Borders of Honduras with Nicaragua and El Salvador may be awarded between the Customs Administration of Honduras and the winning bidder.
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.
At the auction held in El Salvador for the 1.7 and 2.1 GHz bands, Tigo was awarded five blocks and Claro was awarded four more.
For the auction held on December 5, the 1.7 and 2.1 GHz bands of the radio spectrum were made available, which is structured in 12 blocks, however, only nine blocks were awarded.
Elmundo.sv reports that "... Siget did not inform how much the revenues from the awarding of these blocks amounted to and indicated that it does not yet have a date for the signing of contracts for the assignment of this segment of the spectrum."
In El Salvador, the 1.7 and 2.1 GHz bands of the radio spectrum will be auctioned on December 5. The spectrum will be structured in 12 blocks of $6.25 million each.
Elmundo.sv reviews that "... The band 1.7 and 2.1 gigahertz (GHz), known as AWS, comprises the radio spectrum blocks 1710-1755 and 2110-2155, its allocation would allow the exploitation of more advanced mobile communications services, the consolidation of the deployment of fourth generation technology (4G) and higher speeds in the transmission of mobile data."
The General Superintendence of Energy and Telecommunications of El Salvador tenders the software for the planning and engineering of the radioelectric spectrum.
El Salvador Government Purchase LP 10/2018 SIGET:
"Acquisition of a software for the planning and engineering of the radioelectric spectrum with multi-user system with permanent licenses, and with at least TEN (10) concurrent accesses at the same time, installed in the computer equipment designated by this Superintendency, with the latest version, with the latest propagation models and to perform planning and engineering calculations of the latest radio systems and services known to date.
More competitive prices, broadband expansion and number portability are some of the benefits that are not being taken advantage of in Guatemala because the regulations there have not been modernized.
The regulations in the country have been in force since 1996, and according to representatives from the sectors involved in the activity, they have become obsolete in some aspects, as coverage thereneeds to be improved and frequencies assigned in order to exploit the spectrum to the maximum.
Authorities have decided to suspend the tender because Trilogy Dominicana, the only bidder in the contest in the Dominican Republic, discovered opposition to the process on the part of Servicios Ampliados de Teléfonos.
Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (Indotel) reported that in order to ensure due process, the tender of the spectrum has been suspended, because the company Servicios Ampliados de Teléfonos S.A.
In the tender for 70 MHz of frequencies for telephone and mobile telephone and Internet services in Costa Rica, Claro paid $19 million for three blocks of frequencies and Movistar $24 million for four blocks.
In the against the clock auction, in a single round, the Telecommunications Superintendence (Sutel) sold the 70 MHz that had been left idle since the first radio spectrum contest was held in 2011.
For the third time the date for submitting bids in the 70 MHz tender for the radio spectrum for international mobile technology services has been postponed.
For the third time, the deadline has been changed for submitting the proposals, after the operators interested in thetender filed appeals and objections against the tender conditions.
The legal obstacles that are preventing the Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones of Guatemala from tendering the AWS frequency may not be solved in the short term.
The Telecommunications Authority has announced that by June it plans to issue tenders for a part of the radio spectrum, specifically for private communication frequencies and UHF links.
In late January the government will announce the technical standard that the country will adopt and how the transition from analog technology will be managed.
Although it had been announced that by 2018 the transition to digital technology would be finished, it failed to start because so many obstacles were faced, from bureaucratic obstacles to a constitutional law suit.
A tender is being launched in Costa Rica for seven generic blocks (2 x 5 MHz) in the bands of 1800 MHz and 1900/2100 MHz of the radio spectrum for mobile telephony and Internet.
Government Purchase No. 354-2015 Costa Rica-TEL-MICITT:
"The Superintendency of Telecommunications (Sutel), is putting out to tender by means of a Public Act seven generic blocks (2 x 5 MHz) in the bands of 1800 MHz and 1900/2100 MHz for mobile telephony and internet services.
Preparations are being made to announce before the end of the year a call for the tender of 120 MHz of radio spectrum for mobile telephony.
Blanca Coto, chief of the General Superintendency of Electricity and Telecommunications (SIGET), told Laprensagrafica.com that they are"... 'soon to start the bidding process to broaden the spectrum available for mobile phones, to increase access'. "
The number of frequencies to be tendered will be 68 in the AM band and 69 in the FM band, and the convocation will take place between November 21 and 25.
From a statement issued by the National Authority for Public Services in Panama:
Stakeholders and / or concessionaires of public radio services nationwide will have at their disposition a total of 137 frequencies to operate and exploit the services of Open Radio Type A (commercial) and Open Radio Type B (non-commercial purposes) as part of the Biennial Convocation, reported the National Authority of Public Services (ASEP).
Seven companies were shortlisted to design the specifications and conditions of the tender of frequencies to allow for the entry of a fourth telecom operator.
The companies Astro Systems, Axon Partners, Analysis Mason Group Limited, Network Consulting, Servicios de Ingeniería y Telemetría S.A., Tachyon Consultores SAS and Telecom Strategies Consulting Corp.
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