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Viettel and Claro are the winners in Dominican spectrum tender

Viettel and Claro are the winners in Dominican spectrum tender

The Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (Indotel) has announced the award of radio spectrum frequency blocks to operators Viettel and Claro Dominicana after a recent public tender.

Viettel obtained 240MHz in the 700MHz, 2.3GHz and 3.6GHz bands, while Claro Dominicana acquired 20MHz in the 700MHz band.

The decision was declared as taken unanimously after Indotel’s Board of Directors had seen a report of the process presented by an evaluation committee. It also means that Viettel and Claro Dominicana were the only companies that passed the legal, technical and economic qualification stages.

Viettel obtained the right to use 240MHz in a 20-year concession, distributed in 40MHz in the 700MHz band, 100MHz in the 2.3GHz band and 100MHz in the 3.6GHz band. However, as a new arrival, Viettel, part of a Vietnamese group, must establish a company in the Dominican Republic. The new company will hold the license for the use of the 240MHz assigned.

Claro Dominicana meanwhile acquired 20MHz in the 700MHz band, for the remaining period of its current concession, equivalent to 15 years.

Indotel also offered 30MHz in the AWS band (1700/2100MHz), but received no bids, so those blocks were declared unclaimed.

The general tender specifications apparently include a provision that up to 30% of the payments may be made through the execution of Indotel development projects.

The tender, launched in February 2026, seeks to expand spectrum availability, encourage investment and strengthen the country’s telecommunications infrastructure.

At the moment the main mobile network operators in the Dominican Republic are Claro Dominicana, Altice, and Viva, though Claro has not only the largest market share but also the most extensive nationwide coverage.



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