Peru seeks consultants for spectrum tender

Peru’s investment promotion agency ProInversión is calling for consultants to help with the country’s next spectrum auction, in which licenses will be awarded in the 1.7GHz, 2.1Ghz and 2.3GHz bands.

ProInversión is seeking support to structure the tender process and to provide promotion and advisory services to select the winner of the tender. 

National or international consultancies are invited to bid, but all documentation and expressions of interest must be submitted in Spanish. 

Proposals must be submitted before March 20. Further details can be found on the Proinversión website.

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The bands to be awarded in this tender are mostly to expand 4G and 4.5G coverage, but could potentially be used for future 5G deployments. 

However, as deputy communications minister Virginia Nakagawa told BNamericas in October, the prime 3.5GHhz band for 5G is expected to be awarded in 2021.

“For 2020 we’re committed to award the 1.7GHz and the 2.3GHz [AWS] bands. In 2020 we’ll also make available the 90MHz of spectrum that will be released from the 2.5GHz band,” Nakagawa said at the time.