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Articles tagged with: Movistar and Claro
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
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, entel, compete, nextel, antitrust, subtel, nextel-international, telefonica-moviles, Chile
Peru's Mobile Telephony to Surpass US$2.7 Billion in Revenues by 2013
Peru's Private Investment Promotion Agency (Proinversión) plans to auction off 821 - 824 MHz and 866 - 869 MHZ radio-electric spectrum for Lima and Callao along with 25 MHz on C-band (1.900 MHz) nationwide. This bidding process is designed to increase the level of competition in the local marketplace as well as expand the availability of mobile coverage in the country. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, roaming, rural, mvno, signals-telecom-consulting, mts, hspa, vas, compete, personal, oi, cdma2000, adult-content, ev-do, Peru
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, entel, telcel
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: entel, 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 Hernán Marió as saying. more
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, entel, next-generation-network, gprs, cfo, 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: entel, america-movil, telcel, Colombia
Chile's Entel wants more 3G spectrum
"A 3G network needs investment, spectrum and frequency. They say that local operators have a lot of frequency, but that is between 55MHz and 60MHz, while in Europe they have 120MHz," Rodriguez said. more
Related Tags: entel, subtel, Chile
Chile consultation on 3G auction runs Oct 5-24
The antimonopoly commission (TDLC) is fielding the comments, having received a technical report from Subtel in September. more
Related Tags: entel, america-movil, subtel, Chile