Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Particular strategies for debut of commercial 5G over 3.5 GHz

Entel and Claro launched commercial offers for FWA fixed internet in early March, while Telefónica focuses on fiber deployment. Last week, the MTC authorized the deployment for mobile services and Entel and Claro immediately started up.

At the end of February, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC) authorized the three major operators in Peru to implement services with 5G technology for fixed wireless Internet in the spectrum blocks they have in the 3.5 GHz band. As background, it should be remembered that in October 2020, the agency had published Ministerial Resolution No. 0709-2020-MTC/01.03, which enabled telecommunications companies that operate in the 3.5 GHz band to provide new services. Thus, the band, which is currently allocated to fixed wireless telephony and fixed Internet, may be used for the provision of International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) services.

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