reactions to the acquisitions of Movistar and Claro

reactions to the acquisitions of Movistar and Claro

After what was a foreseeable auction of the 5G networkthis May 9, private foreign companies Clear and Movistar they were left with a block of radio frequencies in the 3.5 GHz band each after disbursing more of 28 million dollars. A third block was assigned to the state before.

The auction was involved in controversy, among other things due to its predictability, the claims of international companies for a supposed position of privilege that the Communications Services Regulatory Unit (Ursec) to Antel, as well as the exclusion in the auction of the Uruguayan private company Dedicated due to lack of experience in the field of 5G.

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The former leader of Colorado party, Pedro Bordaberrycalled the auction “an auction without a bid“, implying that it was clear that the three large telecommunications companies operating in the country, Antel, Claro, and Movistar, would keep one block each.

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At the other extreme, the also Colorado and national director of Telecommunications, Guzman Acosta and Laracelebrated that “5% of the $56 million in the auction corresponds to more money for education“and clarified that”this initiative, to include a percentage of what is generated in the 5G auction for education, It was an initiative of the Colorado Party“, in counterpoint with Bordaberry.

The Broad Front criticized the auction of the 5G network

The director of the broad front in Ursec, Paul Sirisdeclared to Radio Carve that the auction “ended after 7 rounds with no bid” and specified that, from a technical point of view, “there are no major differences” between the three blocks acquired, but there are differences in the equipment that the companies must acquire in order to use the bands.

In addition, Siris had commented to another medium that “what the private telecommunications companies requested was done“, since an auction was called for “70 base stations for the deployment of 5G technology”, without this guaranteeing good connectivity, because there would be “less than 5 base stations in each department”.

The president of Ursec, Mercedes Aramendiapointed out that the 5G network tender “contributes directly to the social, cultural and economic development of the country” and that “offers were received in all blocks (Antel paid the average offer), so It is expected that the State will receive more than 84 million dollars for this concept“.

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Movistar: the acquisition of the 5G block is part of an “ambitious investment plan”

From Movistar they assured on Twitter that the acquisition of the 5G block “is part of an ambitious investment plan” in Uruguay“which includes the incorporation of technological platforms to continue reinforcing the digital offer”.

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The Colombian Alfonso GomezCEO of Hispam Telefonicaaffirmed that “after the results of the auction, Uruguay will be the third country in Latin America, after Chili and Mexicoin which we will offer this technology”.

Source: Ambito

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