The Central Bank of Honduras tenders the rental service of digital radio and communication repeaters for Tegucigalpa, Comayagüela, San Pedro Sula, La Ceiba and Choluteca.
TVN Media announced that it has signed an asset purchase agreement for Green Emerald Business Inc., which includes six open radio frequencies under the Radio Panama brand and the right to use the LOS40 brand.
TVN Media reported that the contract was signed on January 24, 2020, an agreement that follows the company's corporate strategy to expand its multimedia product portfolio.
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.
From October 1, 2020, the analog television signal will cease to function in the provinces of Panama, Panama West and Colon, to switch to the digital signal.
Starts analog power off countdown for open TV signal. On October 1, 2020, the Digital Terrestrial Television open signal enters into force in Phase I in the provinces of Panama, Colon and West Panama, informed the National Authority of Public Services (ASEP).
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. It also receives bids for the rights generated by this activity presented by the suppliers, in the forms of productions described above.
Multitone Corp, Comunicaciones Urracá, S.A., Visión Global, S.A., Kool Comunication and Kerum Intercontinental, S.A. were prequalified to participate in the tender for eight FM radio frequencies.
From a statement issued by the Asep:
A total of five companies were prequalified to submit their proposals to the public tender act to grant in concession eight frequencies in the Type A FM Band (for commercial purposes), which will have coverage in areas in the interior of the Republic, including the counties.
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. But the most anticipated auction for the three local operators, the AWS frequency, still hasn't made any progress since 2015 due to the 16 appeals processes that have not yet been resolved.
Although a date for the changeover has not yet been set, the Telecommunications Authority has presented a preliminary project to define the transition to digital TV.
Harold Cancinos, operations manager at the SIT, told Elperiodico.com.gt that"...
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.
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.
The government has announced that before the end of the year they expected to tender part of the frequency spectrum which is not currently being used.
The Morales administration plan use the 700 MHz spectrum that is currently available on broadcast television as a part of the AWS band, allocating it to telecom operators in order to improve data transmission services.
In the concession model proposed by the government, one operator can be the virtual operator of a logical channel, management-multiplex concessionaire and / or network administrator at the same time.
The Vice Ministry of Telecommunications has presented its proposal for a reference model for the transition to digital television, in which it details the concession model and partnership opportunities between concessionaires, details of the use of the radio spectrum, aspects related to digital solidarity, deployment of DTT and the expected results of this technological change under the ISDB-Tb standard.
After a five years wait, the Telecommunications Authority has received an order to award unused radio spectrum frequencies.
From a publication in the official newspaper La Gaceta on Tuesday February 9, 2016:
Executive Decree No. 354-2015-Tel-Micitt, the Second Vice President of the Republic in exercise of the Presidency of the Republic and the Minister of Science, Technology and Telecommunications, agree:
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