Peru’s Ministry of Transport and Communications (Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones, MTC) has scrapped plans to reorganise the 800MHz band for 4G services, citing uncertainty regarding the device ecosystem for the band. The MTC claimed that limited exploitation of the band for 4G services elsewhere led to a risk of there being insufficient economies of scale for network equipment in the short and medium term and questioned the availability of compatible terminal equipment. As such, the ministry explained that the reorganisation of the band might not lead to more efficient use of the spectrum and cancelled the process.
As previously reported by CommsUpdate, the MTC began the process in November last year as the current assignment of the spectrum is non-contiguous and not uniform at the regional or national level, making it ill-suited for the provision of advanced services.
Source: https://www.commsupdate.com/articles/2023/11/02/mtc-cancels-reorganisation-of-800mhz-band/