TV Azteca wins fibre-optic network tender in Peru

News Broadband Peru 24 DEC 2013
TV Azteca wins fibre-optic network tender in Peru
Mexican broadcaster TV Azteca has won the tender for the Fibre Optic Backbone Network (RDFO) project in Peru. The project involves the installation, operation and maintenance of approximately 13,400 kilometers of fibre optics to connect 22 regional capitals and 180 provincial capitals in the country. The network will cover nearly 80 percent of the Peruvian territory. The Peruvian state will invest around USD 760 million in the project. TV Azteca will start the network deployment at the beginning of 2014. The time frame for the project foresees the installation of infrastructure in a maximum of 24 months.

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