The three leading telecom companies in the Dominican Republic are at war to ensure that unfair advantages are not granted and their competitiveness is affected. Claro, Altice and Viva control 90% of the local telecommunications market.
The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) is carrying out a tender for 30 MHz of the spectrum, and has disallowed the participation of Claro and Altice, the two largest companies, as these already have been assigned more than 60 MHz of the spectrum.
Earlier, Telecomunicaciones Viva had submitted to the Superior Administrative Tribunal (TSA) a request for actions be taken against the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) regarding Resolution 77-17 that approved the fusion of Altice and assigned to the company 20 MHz – spectrum bands 1720-1730 MHz and 2120-2130 MHz. Viva says this creates an unfair advantage to the company.
The Indotel charges US$1 million for each megahertz.
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El Dia
El Nacional
10 May 2018
