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Chile Mobile Subscriber Base Passes 100% Penetration Level

­Mobile phone penetration levels in Chile has passed the 100% mark, according to information released by Undersecretary of Telecommunications Pablo Bello. There are now 16.6 million registered phone accounts in the country.  more

Related Tags: movistar, Chile


Chilean Operator Plans $500 Million CAPEX in 2009

Chilean telco, Entel has outlined plans to spend up to US$500 million on network upgrades during 2009 - with 80% of that being set aside for the company's 3G network.  more

Related Tags: capex, nextel, Chile


Chile Publishes Details of 3G License Tender

The Chilean telecoms regulator, Subtel has published the tender details for a round of 3G licenses, which it anticipates will bring a new entrant into the market. The auction for the licenses is due to be held in July, a notice on the regulators website announced.  more

Related Tags: , 3g, 3g-license, ovi, telefonica, compete, movistar, nextel, antitrust, subtel, nextel-international, telefonica-moviles, Chile


Lat-Am Operators Pushing On-Net Traffic

According to a report from Signals Telecom Consulting, one strategy implemented by a variety of operators in different American mobile telephony markets has been to encourage communications within their own networks or "On Net". In order to accomplish this, these operators have developed differentiated rates structures for communications originated and ended on their networks. The objective is to encourage the concept of "community". The implementation of this policy can be seen in promotional campaigns carried out by Movistar in Argentina, Chile, Peru, etc.  more

Related Tags: sim-card, arpu, signals-telecom-consulting, tim, movistar, telcel, latin-america


Chilean Watchdog begins process to fix mobile interconnection rates

Chilean telecoms watchdog Subtel has asked mobile companies to hand in proposals for revised interconnection rates among operators by January 18, local news service Emol reported.  more

Related Tags: movistar, subtel, Chile


Claro expects to invest US$150mn in 2008

Chilean mobile operator claro expects to invest US$150mn in 2008, local newspaper Diario Financiero reported company president Salvador Salazar as saying.  more

Related Tags: customer-care, subtel, Chile


Entel PCS expects to top 6mn subscribers by end-2008

Chilean mobile operator Entel PCS expects to have 6mn subscribers by end-2008 compared to 5.5mn by the end of this year, local newspaper Diario Financiero reported CEO Hernƒ¡n Mariƒ³ as saying.  more

Related Tags: movistar, Chile


Claro, Entel PCS launch mobile video call services

Chilean mobile operators claro and Entel PCS have independently launched videocall services, each company said in a statement.  more

Related Tags: Chile


Chile's Entel net profit rises 24% in Q3

Revenues rose 6% to 216bn pesos from 203bn pesos a year ago. Ebitda increased 10% to 91.1bn pesos versus 82.7bn pesos in 3Q06, while the Ebitda margin was 42% compared to 41%. more

Related Tags: capex, telefonica, vas, next-generation-network, movistar, gprs, cfo, value-added-services, Chile


Colombia's Comcel brings 3G launch forward

Comcel, a unit of Mexico's America Movil, originally said in May that it expected to launch its WCDMA/HSDPA network in the first quarter of 2008. more

Related Tags: america-movil, movistar, telcel, Colombia


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