MTC announces public tender for FM radio frequency in Paccaritambo, Cusco

The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) declared that the authorization to provide sound broadcasting services in the FM band in the town of Paccaritambo, in the department of Cusco, will be granted through a public tender. The decision was adopted because the number of admitted applications exceeds the number of available frequencies in that band and locality, and was formalized in Directorial Resolution No. 2951-2026-MTC/28, published in the Official Gazette El Peruano on Friday, November 13, 2026.

The document bears the signature of Miguel Ángel Viacava Dextre, general director of the General Directorate of Telecommunications Authorizations of the MTC, and is dated Lima, November 2, 2026. With its publication, competition is formally opened among the bidders of the radio sector interested in operating in that Andean jurisdiction, and the route for direct award is closed for this case.

The competition numbers

The table incorporated in Article 1 of the resolution details the situation that triggered the mechanism:

• Modality: sound broadcasting.
• Band: FM.
• Locality: Paccaritambo.
• Department: Cusco.
• Admitted applications: 5.
• Available frequencies: 4.

The difference of a single frequency relative to the admissible applications is, according to the document itself, the reason that obliges the award to be submitted to a competitive process. The Executive does not identify the five applicants in the text, nor the amount or the economic conditions of the future tender.

The legal criterion invoked

The resolution is based on Article 16 of the Radio and Television Law, Law No. 28278, in conjunction with numeral 40.1 of Article 40 of its Regulations, approved by Supreme Decree No. 005-2005-MTC and its amendments. This regulation establishes that authorizations for the broadcasting service are granted through public tender when the number of available frequencies or channels in a band and locality is less than the number of admitted applications.

Article 41 of the same Regulations specifies that, once this situation is configured, it is appropriate to issue a directorial resolution declaring that the authorizations for the respective frequency band and locality will be granted by public tender. This is, precisely, the act that is now being published.

The technical support and next steps

The measure is supported by Report No. 3032-2026-MTC/28.01 from the Directorate of Broadcasting Services, dependent on the General Directorate of Telecommunications Authorizations, which reported on the relationship between admitted applications and available frequencies. The resolution was issued with the opinion of that directorate and in accordance with the updated Integrated Text of the Organization and Functions Regulations of the MTC, approved by Ministerial Resolution No. 658-2021-MTC/01.

Article 2 provides for a copy of the resolution to be sent to the Broadcasting Services Directorate for the actions corresponding to its competence, while Article 3 orders its publication on the MTC institutional portal and in the Official Gazette El Peruano, as occurred this Friday.

With this, the file moves to the call stage: the FM slot in Paccaritambo—the only point in the country indicated in this provision—will be defined by a competitive evaluation among the five admitted bidders, of whom only one may be awarded the frequency.

Source: Official Gazette El Peruano, No. 19634, Friday, November 13, 2026, Legal Norms, p. 40 (official reference: R.D. No. 2951-2026-MTC/28).