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.
The National Institute of Electrification of Guatemala tenders the satellite link service in C band, for the generating plants of the institution, for a 12-month term.
Guatemala Government Purchase 11623284:
"This data link is required in the following places to the central offices of the INDE for the Maintenance Management System and connectivity to the INDE network:
The lack of proper infrastructure and the lack of allocation of radio spectrum are some of the reasons why it is difficult for telecommunications companies to improve Internet connection or lower prices for services.
Internet operators in Costa Rica face adversities to improve service and provide better prices to consumers, including the deficit of appropriate infrastructure.
The National Civil Police of Guatemala tenders the monthly supply of 1.5 million minutes of voice per month of mobile telephony and Internet 15 thousand GB.
Guatemala Government Purchase 7691211:
"The service offered must have one million five hundred thousand minutes (1,500,000) of monthly voice, which will be assigned at the request of the entity through a WEB platform or local use of control platform, or an equivalent tool that performs the administration and monitoring of the terminals and use of the resources of the plan contracted by the NCP and / or direct request to the supplier company, as long as it has this tool that must be delivered to the NCP within three (3) months from having notified the contract approval resolution. It should include training in the use of the tool for staff designated by the NCP.
The Bank of Guatemala is putting out to tender the Iinternet service for the period between March 16, 2018 and March 15, 2021.
Guatemala Government Purchase 7482841:
"During the time the provision of the requested service lasts, the Contractor will be obliged to provide the Bank of Guatemala with technical advice and corrective maintenance.
Instituto Nacional de Electrificación de Guatemala is putting out to tender data communications links via satellite and fiber optics from the central offices to the interior of the country.
Guatemala Government Purchase 7139586:
"The communication for the service of communications links via satellite for the transmission and reception of data and internet services in the central offices to the interior of the country, must be independent and must form part of the network of the INDE, by means of a Virtual Private Network (VPN).
Costa Rica has implemented a Neutral Internet Exchange Point, a concept that could be extrapolated to the entire region to reduce operating costs and increase connection speeds.
There is no need to explain the benefits that greater use of the internet brings to economic development, which is always dependent on the associated costs. The integration of internet connectivity through so-called traffic exchange points (IXP), should be incorporated into strategies for Central American integration.
The associated reduced costs are driving opportunities in developing countries for technology sectors based on satellite communications.
Elfinancierocr.com published an interview by Mónica Cordero Sancho with the Deputy Secretary of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Houlin Zhao, who recently visited Costa Rica "to leverage the discussion in the area of radio spectrums to provide satellite services. '
A study by Pyramid Research says that the telecommunications market in 2011 generated revenues of $2,400 million.
Of the total, 69% ($1,600 million) corresponds to the mobile phone business and the rest is divided between internet, cable television and fixed telephony services.
"Guatemala is one of the countries with the fastest growth of mobile telephone use, the number of lines increased from 64,194 in 1997 to over 18.5 million in June 2011 with an average of 127 lines per100 inhabitants due to market privatization and the arrival of 2 new operators in the market", reported Elperiodico.com.gt.
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