Indotel awards frequencies to Viettel and Claro to transform the telecommunications sector in the DR
The Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (Indotel) made official this Wednesday the awarding of radio spectrum frequencies to the companies Viettel Global Investment JSC and Compañía Dominicana de Teléfonos (Claro). This measure, the result of an international public tender, has as its main objective to boost technological infrastructure, improve service quality, and stimulate competition in the national market.
Guido Gómez Mazara, president of the Board of Directors of Indotel, highlighted that the decision was made unanimously, after validating that the committee responsible for the International Public Tender INDOTEL-LPI-001-2026 strictly complied with the terms and conditions and the current legal framework.
New players and greater competitiveness
One of the most relevant points of this process is the entry of a new competitor into the local market. Regarding this development, the head of Indotel stated:
The public announcement is that this bidding process creates the conditions for a new player in the telecommunications sector to be part of this process. As a regulatory body, we have the obligation to make this decision public, which will evidently transform the sector in the country.
Guido Gómez Mazara, President of the Board of Directors of Indotel
Award details
- Viettel Global Investment JSC: Received a 20-year concession that includes 40 MHz in the 700 MHz band, 100 MHz in the 2300-2400 MHz segment, and an additional 100 MHz in the 3600-3700 MHz segment.
- Claro: Was awarded an additional 20 MHz in the 700 MHz band, which will be integrated into the remaining period of its current concession contract, estimated at about 15 years.
These companies must comply with the commitments established in the tender specifications and submit the performance bonds within a maximum period of 75 days. Indotel emphasized that these actions ultimately seek to offer Dominican users superior connectivity, with more robust networks and more competitive prices in the face of the growing demand for digital services.
The institution reiterated that the process has been handled under the principles of transparency, remaining open to public scrutiny, in line with the responsibility that comes with managing a strategic resource for the technological development of the Dominican Republic.
