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Bolivia: Government approves measures to expand rural service Print E-mail
Friday, 29 June 2007

The Bolivian government has published a decree that creates incentives for telecommunications providers to extend service to rural areas.

Decree number 29174 allows the direct awarding of concessions for rural services, licenses for radio spectrum use, exemption from spectrum usage fees for rural projects, the interconnection of rural networks with other operators' networks, and special interconnection rates for operators involved in rural projects.

Entel, Bolivia’s largest operator, plans to extend mobile service and internet access to over 130 communities in rural Bolivia. Entel is also deploying infrastructure in rural areas as part of a connectivity agreement with the government, called Vivir sin Fronteras.

Source: Cellular-News - WDR/Intelecon Regulatory News.