With availability of only 304 MHz, it is 35% lower than the regional average and more than five times lower than that recommended by the ITU, according to a report prepared by the GSMA.

In 2023, Bolivian operators allocated 11.3% of their annual revenues to payments for the use of spectrum. This percentage, which in itself exceeds the regional average (8.5%), is even more unfavorable when considering the cost based on the amount of spectrum available. In relative terms, the cost per MHz of spectrum in Bolivia is more than double the Latin American average, as noted in a report prepared by the GSMA.

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Bolivian spectrum cost reduces mobile service coverage and quality

With availability of only 304 MHz, it is 35% lower than the regional average and more than five times lower than that recommended by the ITU, according to a report prepared by the GSMA.

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Communication service providers are developing plans to meet market demand but warn about the limitations of the official proposal. Claro believes that private networks should be complemented with public ones, as their uses are different.

Bitel, mobile operator that came from Vietnam and is already the third largest in Peru

According to official data, it surpassed Entel last August to claim the third position. It already has 400,000 5G lines, a market in which it will focus its investments in the upcoming period.

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It must finalize the auction left pending to allocate spectrum to operators for the mass rollout of 5G. It also has on its agenda resolving disputes related to the designation of dominant operators in TV, mobile telephony, and interconnections between providers.

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It was one of the industries most affected by the outage, as it was among the sectors that most aggressively moved its operations from on-premises data centers to AWS and other cloud providers. According to analysts, the AWS service disruption caused “hundreds of billions” in losses.

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