Peruvian Government Spending on Satellite Communications. Foundations for a Communications Satellite Project for Peru

Caballero León C.; Fanola Merino W. · Southern Space Studies (2021) · DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-73287-5_1

Resumen

Peruvian Government contracts satellite communication services to private foreign companies. Public entities contract independently, depending on their resources and priorities. This way of contracting turns out to be inefficient; it prevents achieving economies of scale and indicates a lack of communications policy for public institutions. The study shows that currently, satellite communication services are contracted by 45 public organizations, with an estimated capacity consumption of 511 MHz and with an effective spending per year that amounts to US$21,7 million. Over fifteen years, this level of aggregate yearly expenditure raises to US$325,25 million, enough for Peru to acquire a communications satellite. With the acquisition, Peru could stop its dependency on foreign providers, significantly improve the quality of spending, reduce the monthly MHz cost of satellite capacity, meet the government's demand, and reduce the country's connectivity gap. This study presents a strong argument to initiate activities leading towards the acquisition of a communications satellite for Peru and establishes guidelines for this project. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021.