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Monday, September 12, 2016

NEC awarded third phase of Digital Terrestrial Television

The company will launch transmission systems, electrical equipment and perform civil works in 15 stations and will provide Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) coverage to more than 87% of the Colombian population. The stations will be located in Bañaderos, Buenaventura, Buenavista, Cerro Azul, Cerro Carepa, El Ruíz, Galeras, Jurisdicciones, La Rusia, Leticia, Martinica, Mirador, Montezuma, Munchique, Saboyá and San Gil.

BTESA, Union Temporal RSCO-RSES-TDT3, Union Temporal NEC Corporation and NEC of Colombia and Union Temporal BALUM SYCS, are companies that reached the audience being authorized. The process involved the collaboration of the Autoridad Nacional de Televisión (ANTV) (Television Regulator), the MinTic, the Secretariat of Transparency of the Presidency of the Republic and the Attorney General's Office, attending the hearing.

 

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