16 June 2022

Paraguayan telecoms regulator Conatel launched a coverage tender, funded with resources from the universal service fund.

The latest tender is aimed at expanding network infrastructure for mobile telephony services and internet access and data transmission.

Conatel set a maximum subsidy of 5bn guaraníes (US$700,000) and the bidder requesting the lowest amount will win.

Coverage areas include the Yacacvash indigenous community, a basic school in San Roque González de Santa Cruz, the Margariños community and parts of the Ramal Oeste 193 road.

Offers may be submitted between May 30 and June 20 and envelopes will be opened that same day, Conatel said.

Three previous Conatel tenders in 2020 and 2021 were related to the expansion of the emergency system.

Earlier this year, the regulator approved the telecommunications development plan that aims to increase broadband coverage to 80% of the population by 2030.