In El Salvador, the Autonomous Executive Port Commission announced that in 2022 it will determine the management model for the Pacific Airport and in 2023 it will begin construction.
Currently, the Feasibility Study is being developed by the International Consortium PEYCON - ALBEN 4000.
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.
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."
In El Salvador, the contract for the financing, design, construction and operation of the San Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez International Airport Cargo Terminal is tendered under the Public-Private Partnership format.
The project contemplates two phases of development: Phase 1 consists of financing, design, expansion, construction, equipment, improvement of maintenance and operation of the existing Cargo Terminal.
Guatemala, El Salvador and Costa Rica are the countries in the region with the best conditions to develop Public-Private Partnerships, followed by Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
The 2019 Infrascope index, which evaluates 23 indicators and 78 qualitative and quantitative sub-indicators in Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in Latin America, is prepared by The Economist Intelligence Unit and has the financial backing of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
The feasibility study for the creation of a PPP will be carried out in the project for the extension of the 43-kilometer stretch between the La Hachadura Border Crossing and the CA12 Road.
Arguing a lack of transparency in the process, the Embassy of the United States in El Salvador asks Cepa to avoid initiating the process to grant the maritime terminal concession.
This is not the first time the Embassy of the United States country has referred to the issue, as in October representatives of the diplomatic body in El Salvador reported that a U.S. company decided to withdraw from the tender process because of a lack of transparency.
The representatives of the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador reported that a U.S. company decided to withdraw from the tender process for lack of transparency, which is denied by Cepa.
Without giving details of the name of the company for security reasons, this week the counselor of Public Affairs of the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador, Tobias Bradford, reported that a company from his country decided to withdraw from the tender process for the concession of the Port of La Union, arguing "lack of transparency" and "uncertainty in the equality of conditions."
CEPA authorities in El Salvador announced that they are still drafting the bases for re-tendering the concession for the port terminal operation.
In August, the authorities of the Executive Autonomous Port Commission (CEPA) reported that in October they planned to publish the tender documents to manage the Port La Union. However, recently announced that the bases are not yet ready.
The global relevance of companies seeking the award of a third port for container ships in the Pacific is a clear sign of the importance of Panama as maritime and logistics hub.
The companies pre-qualified to participate in the tender for the concession of a new port in Corozal are subsidiaries of the largest shipping companies such as Maersk-Denmark, MSC-Italy and CMA-CGM-France or are direct port operators, in this case the most important in the world, PSA from Singapore.
Radio frequencies will be awarded taking into consideration not only economic proposals but also communicational proposals.
Amendments to the Telecommunications Act were passed by the Legislative Assembly with the consensus of all sectors involved, according to an article in Elsalvador.com.
A conflict of interest between the two ports has been revealed following a demand for the concession of the Puerto de La Union to include the Port of Acajutla.
The failure of the Puerto de La Union - the concession for which no longer even has any suitors - has a basic cause: neither today- nor in the medium term- is there enough maritime traffic for both terminals to have enough work.
An operator has warned that investments in the sector will be jeopardized by uncertainty regarding the renewal of concessions.
The breaking down of the relationship between the Salvadoran government and telecommunications companies has embarked on a new chapter. Uncertainty about whether the General Superintendency of Electricity and Telecommunications (Siget) will or will not auction 40 megahertz of the radio spectrum, is generating unease among some operators.
None of the four pre-qualified companies presented offers to build and operate the terminal in El Salvador, putting an end to a story fraught with problems and mistakes.
The unfortunate result of the tender of Puerto de La Union is no surprise to businesses, in whose opinion the project was poorly managed and badly planned from the beginning. Competition from other ports in the region, lack of "... a shipping line willing to develop transport of containers in the port in the east of the country" are part of the elements mentioned in the notes to the four prequalified companies who registered with the Executive Port Commission (CEPA).
Now May 28th is the "confirmed" date for the submission of bids in the tender for the Central American Port of La Union.
According to the Executive Port Commission (CEPA), resolutions have been given to 63 queries put forward by four companies which have pre-qualified to participate in the tender, and because of this there will be no further changes to the date for receiving bids. See Will La Union Port Be Tendered One Day?
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