The Colombian government has canceled the bidding process to deploy a network of more than 1,600 kilometers of fiber optic cable in the Amazon region, after identifying financial and technical risks associated with the project.
The initiative, promoted by the Ministry of ICT, sought to bring high-capacity connectivity to hard-to-reach areas of Amazonas and Putumayo, with a projected investment of approximately 1.14 trillion Colombian pesos and a financing term of 10.5 years.
The project aimed to connect nearly 100,000 households and 227,000 people through a combination of sub-river, terrestrial, and cross-border fiber infrastructure. However, the technical and economic complexity of the deployment has led the government to withdraw the procurement process.
A strategic network to connect Colombia with Brazil
The project had been designed to deploy fiber optic cables across the Putumayo and Amazon rivers, connecting towns such as Puerto Asís, Puerto Leguízamo, Leticia, and Puerto Nariño to the Colombian backbone network and to Brazil.
