Five days after the expiration of the contract with Clara, the Government of Ecuador announces an extension

The government convened Carondelet Palace this Tuesday afternoon to extend the contract the government holds with Conelec, which operates the Claro brand, which expired on August 27, 2023.

The extension was expected considering that the negotiation process with this mobile operator for contract renewal has not been completed. The contract with Otecel-Movistar, on the other hand, expires on November 30.

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And we are talking about the fact that the negotiations stopped in May of last year, but the Government assured that the work of these companies will not be suspended. The executor sent legal inquiries to the State Attorney’s Office for the extension of the contract.

The The lawyer established that The Agency for Regulation and Control of Telecommunications (Arcotel) can resolve the extension validity period of authorizations, including concession contracts.

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The Secretary of Communications of the Presidency of the Republic informed that the Ministers of Telecommunications, Vianna Maino, and Government, Henry Cucalón, will present the details of the extension at 15:00.

In 2023, the contracts between the operator and the state need to be renegotiated so that they can continue to offer the service, but last May the Agency for Regulation and Control of Telecommunications (Arcotel) announced that these renegotiations were suspended, because the evaluation of the radio spectrum, which the entity must to be implemented together with the International Telecommunication Union.

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