Uruguayan state-owned incumbent Antel has laid out plans for US$800m investment between 2011 and 2014
Speaking at a press conference, Antel director Ana Carolina Garrido Cosse discussed upcoming spending plans, now that investment has increased from…
Uruguayan state-owned incumbent Antel has laid out plans for US$800m investment between 2011 and 2014
Speaking at a press conference, Antel director Ana Carolina Garrido Cosse discussed upcoming spending plans, now that investment has increased from US$472m between 2006 and 2010.
According to reports in local newspaper El Pais, this will include US$100m investment in upgrading Uruguay’s fibre-optic network, laying 2,000km of new cable, and aiming to provide broadband services to 100% of the country’s population by 2014.
Antel has a monopoly of fixed-line and data services in the country. It also offers mobile services under the Ancel brand competing with Claro and Movistar and internet-related services under the Anteldata brand, being the only provider of ADSL and land-line data services because of the monopoly situation.
At the beginning of September the Uruguayan government passed a law stating that Antel will be the only operator permitted to offer IP telephony services in the country.
