The Chilean government, incumbent Entel and vendor Ericsson are pushing ahead with plans to deliver broadband and mobile telephone networks to rural areas.
The two year public-private partnership project, forecast to be completed in 2011, will see the…
The Chilean government, incumbent Entel and vendor Ericsson are pushing ahead with plans to deliver broadband and mobile telephone networks to rural areas.
The two year public-private partnership project, forecast to be completed in 2011, will see the three groups collaborating to build out 2G and 3G networks at 1,500 rural locations.
They are also using the microwave transmission system MINI-LINK to reach areas with more challenging terrain.
Telefonica Chile announced in September that it is planning to invest US$2.5bn over the next four years to roll out fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) superfast broadband across the nation.
In a statement today, the president of Ericsson Chile, Nicolas Brancoli, said that the project in rural Chile marked a new milestone in Latin American public-private partnerships as the government and companies were collaborating in both the financing and development of the project.
Brancoli added: “We hope this project will reduce the digital divide and help increase social and economic empowerment in Chile’s developing regions.”
