El Salvador to auction telecoms spectrum

Four telecoms companies have shown interest in a recently announced tender for 40 Megahertz of spectrum by El Salvador's telecommunications authority.

The firms interested are Costa Rican state-owned ICE; Intelfon, of Guatemalan, Panamanian and Salvadoran capital; and El Salvador's Salnet.

But the country's antitrust authority asked the Government to aim the tender at new companies, in order to promote competitiveness.


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