Indotel’s development plan for 2009 released (Dominican Republic)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: An investment of approximately USD31.8 million will be made by Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (Indotel), a mobile operator based in Dominican Republic, on 14 initiatives shooting from its
‘Biennial Plan of Development Projects 2009-2011.’
According to the project, which will be benefitted from the funding, broadband will be installed in 100 schools across the country. The plan schemes also include roll out of fibre-optic networks in unserved regions, along with the development of Wi-Fi networks for access in public places, projects for training information and communication technology (ICT) and Community Technology Centres (CTC)
According to Jose Rafael Vargas, head of Indotel, the second phase of the Rural Broadband Connectivity project is the most important one, has an estimated budget of DOP157 million and will last for two years.
The purpose of the Rural Broadband Connectivity project is to bring the rural sector on par in terms of access to Information Society and Communication with the urban sector.
Indotel expecting more than USD1 billion investment
Indotel has revealed in statement, quoted by BNamericas, that it expects telcos to invest more than USD1 billion in 2007 and 2008, with the spending going towards infrastructure rollout of technologies such as WiMAX, service improvements and new fibre-optic cables to build the Network Access Point (NAP) of the Caribbean. The regulatory body anticipates new WiMAX rollout from mobile operator Tricom, and that two other companies are preparing WiMAX services by investing more than USD100 million with a view to launching in the next few months.
