International public tender to contract communications services and advertising campaign for the Energy Efficiency Education Program through radio and television spots, social media management.
Honduras Government Purchase LED-PEEE-036-LPI-S:
"The Government of Honduras through the Secretariat of State in the Office of Energy (SEN) and the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) under the Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan), carries out an international public bidding to contract communications services and advertising campaign of the Energy Efficiency Education Program, through the IDB Project Management Unit.
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.
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.
Honduras Government Purchase LPública No.10-2020:
"Leasing service of digital radio and communication repeaters for Tegucigalpa, Comayaguela, San Pedro Sula, La Ceiba and Choluteca, as well as for the Tegucigalpa-San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa-Choluteca and San Pedro Sula-La Ceiba corridors, for the period from August 2, 2020 to January 26, 2022.
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.
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.
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"... The agreement seeks to provide a legal scaffolding for moving frequencies. The mode of granting frequencies, according to law, must be done through leases.But as Cancinos recognizes, this concept 'is objectively holding us back in terms of implementation of the project'."
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.
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).
Of the total of 102 frequencies to be concessioned by the Asep, 45 are in the Frequency Modulation band and 57 in Amplitude Modulation band.
From a statement issued by the National Authority of Public Services (ASEP)
ASEP prepares for biannual call for AM and FM radio frequencies
A total of 102 frequencies nationwide will be available to those interested in operating and exploiting radio services as part of the biennial call for Radio and Television Broadcasting Type A (commercial) and services of Radio and Television Broadcasting Type B (non-commercial) launched by the National Authority of Public Services.
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.
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