The Minister of Information and Communications Technologies, Carina Murcia, presented the new Spectrum Management Policy 2026-2029 at Andina Link 2026, a strategy aimed at strengthening the management of this key resource for connectivity, competitiveness, and the country’s digital transformation. Led by the Ministry of ICT (Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones, MinTIC) and the National Spectrum Agency (Agencia Nacional del Espectro, ANE), the proposal introduces a more efficient, innovative, and flexible management model in response to the technological changes affecting the telecommunications industry.
The document includes eight strategic objectives and 31 lines of action aimed at improving the use of the radio spectrum and expanding access to connectivity services in the country.
The document acknowledges that the country faces a constantly evolving technological environment, marked by the expansion of technologies such as 5G and 5G Advanced, the growth of satellite services, and the development of new spectrum bands. In this context, the policy highlights the need for more flexible mechanisms for the allocation and use of this resource.
Key lines of action include measures to improve the identification of spectrum demand, promote new management schemes, strengthen the supply of satellite services, and reinforce monitoring, inspection, and control processes.
The proposal also includes the incorporation of technological tools to modernize public spectrum management. These include process digitalization, stronger data governance, and the use of advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to improve decision-making.
AI and telecommunications. The Vice Minister of Connectivity, Gloria Patricia Perdomo, took part in the panel "Radiography of the use of artificial intelligence in the communications sectors," where she outlined the conditions the country needs to integrate this technology with strength, balance, and strategic direction.
She stressed that connectivity plays a strategic role in supporting the advance of AI with greater trust, resilience, security, and sector coordination. She also outlined a vision aimed at strengthening the technical and institutional capabilities required for the sustainable integration of artificial intelligence in the communications sectors.
Numbers. Andina Link is once again being held at the Hotel Las Américas in Cartagena, Colombia. This year the event marks its thirty-first anniversary, bringing together companies, operators, and specialists from the sector and reaffirming its role as a key fair for ISPs across the region.
Through March 12 it will host around 5,000 attendees. The fair also features about 200 exhibitors, including TV and IPTV companies, operators, carriers, telecommunications hardware manufacturers, and network equipment providers.