Colombia's communications ministry is close to awarding spectrum for 3G services to local mobile operator Tigo, owned by Luxembourg's Millicom International Cellular (Nasdaq: MICC), communications minister María del Rosario Guerra told BNamericas.
"We are about to award Tigo 10Mhz of additional spectrum," she said.
Guerra added that both Comcel, of Mexico's América Móvil (NYSE: AMX) and Movistar, owned by Spain's Telefónica (NYSE: TEF) will also receive additional spectrum for 3G services. "We are already negotiating with these two operators," the official said.
The minister said that the operators did not need to participate in a bidding process since spectrum would be awarded for coverage expansion and development of new technologies.
Guerra said that these operators "pay" the government for the spectrum with the expansion of mobile services coverage.
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