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Entel conducts LTE trials in 3.5 GHz band

RIO DE JANEIRO – Chilean operator Entel PCS is using its 100 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band to conduct trials of LTE services. The primary focus is on small and medium enterprises with the aim of complementing Internet broadband services provided...

Virgin Mobile launches MVNO operations in Chile

After securing a U.S. $26.5 million in new equity funding to develop its regional business, Virgin Mobile Latin America (VMLA) launched its operations as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in Chile yesterday (April 10) . The founder of Virgin Group, Richard Branson, went to Santiago, the country's capital,...

Virgin Mobile secures U.S. $26.5 million to launch MVNO in Chile

Virgin Mobile Latin America (VMLA) has secured U.S. $26.5 million in new equity funding to develop its regional business and launch mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services in Chile. The new funding consists of equity from existing shareholders, including the Virgin Group and ePlanet Capital,...

Google launches local version of YouTube in Chile

YouTube owner Google launched a local version of the video site in Chile, the fifth on the list of Latin American countries that now have a local YouTube address and No. 40 worldwide. The Chile launch follows previous moves in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Colombia. According...

Internexa invests $30M to launch Brazilian operations, eyes 21% market share

The Brazilian telecommunications wholesale market could become more competitive as Colombian Internexa, which is affiliated with ISA, announced the launch of services in Brazil. Internexa said it has invested $30 million into its Brazilian operations with the goal to gain 21% market share over...

NII Holdings to delay 3G launch; posts weak Q4 revenue, EBITDA

NII Holdings (NIHD), which operates in Latin America under the Nextel brand, is again pushing out its expected launch dates for 3G serivces. The company now expects to launch services in Chile by mid-year; in Mexico late in the third quarter; and by the...

Chilean telecom services market hits $6.3 billion in 2011

The increase in mobile data and voice over IP usage has contributed to the growth of Chile's telecom services market, according to IDC Latin America. The research firm released a report showing the segment posted 7.7% growth in 2011, reaching $6.3 billion. The firm...

Mobile boosts Entel’s revenues

The growth in mobile subscribers contributed to the financial performance of Chilean operator Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A Entel. The company reported that its mobile customer base increased 24% in 2011 to 9,347,434 subscribers at the end of the year. The carrier's postpaid subscriber...

Feature Report: Chilean Wireless Market Set for Continued Growth

One of the most developed countries in Latin America, Chile faces very similar telecom challenges to Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. Its mobile penetration surpassed one device per habitant, reaching 120.8% in June, with most subscribers on prepaid plans. The Chile wireless market is also...

Chile’s Entel looks to enter pay-TV business

After the local data, fixed-line, cable TV and Internet provider Grupo GTD gave up the merger with Chile’s Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A. Entel, the second largest telecom operator has release a material fact regarding its eventual entrance into the pay-TV market. Entel said...

Chile’s new antenna regulations draws comments

The Chilean Senate has approved 33 - 0 new regulations on mobile phone antenna installations (read the document in Spanish). This agreement is expected to be ratified in the coming weeks by the National Congress, and soon to be enacted into the law. The bill...

American Tower buys 558 towers from Movistar Chile for $96 million

Telefónica’s Movistar Chile anounced the transfer of 558 telecommunications towers to telecom infrastructure giant American Tower's Chilean subsidiary ATC. The purchase price reaches approximately $96 million (49.153 billion of Chilean pesos.) The transfer of the antenna support towers' telecommunications transmission includes the facilities to keep...

GTD gives up the merger agreement with Entel

Little more than a month after its announcement, the merger of local data, fixed-line, cable TV and Internet provider Grupo GTD with Chile’s second-largest mobile telephone operator, Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones SA (Entel), is cancelled. Yesterday (January 9) Entel’s controller, Almendral Telecomunicaciones SA, sent...

Number portability: more than 5 million Brazilian switched operators in 2011

During 2011, 5.37 million Brazilians, both mobile and fixed-line users, have switched their telephone operators without changing their numbers. That's an 18.37% increase from 2010, when 4.54 million number portability requests were registered. According to ABR Telecom, the association that manages number portability operations...

Chilean antitrust regulator to impose conditions on Entel/GTD merger

The merger of local data, fixed-line, cable TV and Internet provider Grupo GTD and Chile’s second-largest mobile telephone operator, Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones SA (Entel), could be threatened as the National Economic Prosecutor (Fiscalia Nacional Economica, FNE) is reviewing the merger and has submitted...

Regulation of mobile phone antenna installation advances in Chile

Chile's lower house of congress approved a bill last month regulating the installation of mobile phone antennas. Under the proposal, any dealer-installed support tower antennas and radiating systems telecommunications transmission over 12 meters (about 40 feet) tall would require installation permit from the Directorate of Municipal Works, which determines in which areas antennas may be built as well as the rates that municipalities may charge for the right of use.

Mobile number portability starts Jan. 16 in Chile

Starting Jan. 16, Chileans mobile subscribers will be able to keep their original phone numbers when switching telephone operators. So-called mobile number portability will affect 25 million users, Chile's Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications estimates. As part of number portability deployment, Chile's Department of Telecommunications...

Peru and Chile to set telecom agreements

Peru and Chile are set to meet in an attempt to hash out telecommunications agreements and address important topics in order to integrate and share their experiences for the sector. Both countries agreed that the shared development of telecommunications is important for economic and...

Apple launches iTunes Store in 16 Latin American countries

Much of Latin America can now access Apple Inc.’s iTunes Store as the company launched its music store today in Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. The iTunes Store in Latin...

Entel takes out $200M loan with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi

Entel, the second-largest mobile telephone operator in Chile, has signed a $200 million loan with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and a unit of Bank of Nova Scotia. The money will be used to pay down a $600 million loan Entel has coming due in June.

Chile’s Subtel sets rules for 4G auction

Subtel, Chile’s secretary of telecommunications, will disclose on Dec. 16 the new award conditions for the 4G auctions in the band of 2.6 GHz. The auction of three 20 MHz blocks of frequency is set for the first half of 2012.

Chile’s Entel to merge with GTD

Entel, Chile’s second-largest mobile telephone operator, has said it will merge with local data, fixed-line, cable TV and Internet provider Grupo GTD. The move may help Entel compete against its main rivals Movistar and Claro.

Virgin Mobile Latin America confirms licenses in Colombia, Peru

After tapping Chile as its initial launch market for mobile virtual network operator services in Latin America and receiving regulatory approval to operate in Mexico, Virgin Mobile Latin America has obtained licenses to provide wireless communications in Colombia and Peru.

Virgin Mobile receives approval to operate in Mexico

Virgin Mobile Latin America has received regulatory approval from Mexico’s Ministry of Communications and Transportation to provide wireless communications in Mexico as a mobile virtual network operator.