Articles tagged with: Movistar and Subtel
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
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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
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Movistar posts 273% rise in net profits in Jan-Sep
The statement is the first time movistar has presented results under the new group name Telefonica Moviles Chile. In July the company completed its restructuring and merger of what were the former mobile operations of Bellsouth and the local mobile operations of Telefonica. Telefonica acquired Bellsouth's mobile operations in 10 Latin American countries in 2004. more
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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
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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
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Watchdog awaits green light to launch 3G auction
In June, Subtel asked the TDLC to determine whether existing mobile concession holders should be restricted from participating in upcoming auctions for mobile spectrum. TDLC requested a report on the state of the market, which was handed in on Tuesday (Sep 4) and then updated with additional information requested by the TDLC on September 6. more
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Subtel consults TDLC on 3G mobile auctions
Chilean telecoms regulator Subtel has asked the country's antitrust regulator TDLC to determine whether existing mobile concession holders should be restricted from participating in upcoming auctions for mobile spectrum, according to TDLC's website. more
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Movistar continues expanding coverage to isolated areas
movistar Chile, a unit of Spain's Telefónica, has installed the second base station of its social program Puentes de Comunicación 2006-10 in the southern town of Mehuin, movistar said in a statement. more
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Subtel sees MVNOs entering the market
The entrance of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) to the Chilean market will only be possible once companies reach agreements to unbundle their networks, Chile's telecoms regulator Subtel head Pablo Bello told reporters. more
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VTR studies entering MVNO market
Chilean triple play operator VTR is looking to enter the mobile market as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), local newspaper Diario Financiero quoted VTR CEO Mateo Budinich as saying. more
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