BROWSING: Entel

The main aim of the tender is to award up to five blocks of 10 megahertz each in the 3.5GHz spectrum band for 5G Chilean operators Claro and Entel were the only bidders in Chile’s second 5G spectrum auction, local press reported. The main aim of...

Chilean operators which will take place in the 5G auction are currently focused on guaranteeing telecom services in several regions affected by massive fires Chilean telecommunications services regulator Subtel introduced new changes to the calendar for the spectrum auction through which it will award frequencies...

Under the new scheme, Subtel will announce the winners of the spectrum on March 5 Chilean telecommunications services regulator Subtel made new changes to the calendar for the spectrum auction through which it will award frequencies in the 3.5 GHz band. Under the new scheme, Subtel...

Subtel said it will announce the winners of the 5G spectrum auction on February 20 Chilean telecommunications services regulator Subtel modified the calendar for spectrum auction through which it will award frequencies in the 3.5 GHz band. Under the new scheme, Subtel will announce the winners...

As of the end of June, Entel had 1.20 million active customers in the 5G segment Chilean operator Entel said it has completed the second and final phase of its 5G rollout project. Entel claimed to be the first carrier in Chile to fully complete the...

Entel, Movistar and Wow activating 5G networks Chilean mobile operators Entel, Movistar and Wow have started to activate 5G networks in the country, the government said in a release. According to the Chilean government's plans, the deployment of 5G will require 9,000 new base stations, of...

Avatar World Group CEO: 'Cloud gaming, like 5G, promises a democratization of access to first-rate technologies' Chile’s Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications last week teamed up with telecommunications company Entel to conduct what was reportedly the first demonstration of 5G gaming in Latin America. The demo...

Ericsson has inked a three-year deal with Chilean operator Entel Chile which will pave the way for the launch of 5G and IoT services, the companies said in a joint statement. According to the release, both services are expected to be launched before the end...

Chilean mobile operator Movistar, owned by Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica, has selected Nokia to provide its AirScale portfolio to launch the operator’s 5G network in Chile. In addition, Nokia will upgrade Movistar’s 4G and "4G+" networks to strengthen the critical network backbone across Chile’s key...

Chile completed what it claims to be the first tender to assign 5G spectrum in Latin America, the country’s telecommunications regulator Subtel said in a release. The watchdog said that the government raised $453 million in four rounds (700 MHz, AWS, 3.5 GHz and 26...

Five Chilean operators have submitted bids to secure additional spectrum, including 5G frequencies, Chile’s telecommunications regulator Subtel said in a release. Entel, Claro, Movistar, WOM and Borealnet made offers, according to the regulator. In total, the Chilean government is awarding 1.8 gigahertz of spectrum in...

With an expected investment of $1.2 billion over the next five years, Entel, which bought Nextel Peru in 2013, has begun its new operations in Peru, seeking to stimulate competition in the telecommunications market. The carrier's investment will focus on network deployment, technology and growth in customer...

América Móvil finished the first quarter with revenues up 1.3% year-on-year to $14.93 billion, pushed by growth in Brazil. The carrier's Brazilian unit posted an 8.5% increase in total with wireless revenues rising 5.7% and fixed revenues increasing 11%. As for customers, América Móvil counted 342.9 million accesses, 4.5% more...

On the same day the global Net Mundial event began in São Paulo, Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff, enacted the Marco Civil da Internet bill, which aims to protect online privacy and sets up a form of net neutrality in the country. The senate passed the bill on April 22, which followed the lower house...

A new carrier was announced in Brazil last week. On Telecom will begin its operations backed by billionaire financier George Soros. The new competitor, which is targeting a niche in the Brazilian market,  will offer home and office connections over TD-LTE. On Telecom is...

Last week was a busy one for Latin American carriers. While U.S.-based NII Holdings announced it is exiting Peru by selling its Nextel operations to Entel, Virgin Mobile announced the soft launch of its mobile virtual network operator in Colombia. Also in Colombia, Millicom’s Tigo...

Chilean wireless operators have begun to name vendors for their upcoming LTE launches. América Móvil’s Chilean unit, Claro, and Telefónica’s local wireless operator, Movistar, have chosen Nokia Siemens Networks. The Chilean Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Entel) has tapped Ericsson to deploy this new generation of telecommunications. In July, Chile’s...

Chile has reached 4,342,397 mobile broadband Internet connections, representing a 24.9% penetration, according to the latest report from Chile's secretary of telecommunications, Subtel. Smartphone Internet connections represented 70.82% while dongles (modems) accounted for 29.18% of all 3G accesses by the third quarter of 2012. Follow...

Bolivian mobile network operator Entel Movil, a subsidiary of fixed-line incumbent Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Entel), launched LTE services using the 700 MHz spectrum band.  Follow RCR Wireless News—Americas on Twitter, Facebook and subscribe to our free periodic newsletters The carrier, which has been testing LTE in the country’s...

The Chilean retail company Falabella is set to launch mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services using the network infrastructure of  Chilean mobile operator Entel. Named Falabella Móvil, the MVNO will focus on Falabella's existing customers, offering customized solutions and quick access to Falabella stores.  Be...

Chilean telecommunications group Entel's revenue rose 15% in the third quarter of 2012, principally driven by mobile,  data (including IT) and network rental services. Entel's total mobile customers also increased to 9,890,178 in the third quarter of 2012,  a 15% expansion compared to the third...

Chilean mobile telephone operator Entel announced on Tuesday that it has received a $400 million loan from a syndicate of international banks led by the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi with the participation of the financial institutions Mizuho, HSBC and Scotiabank. The operators said the loan will...

The largest telecommunications company in Chile, Entel (Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A), announced that it will enter the residential fixed service business in Chile, offering fixed wireless telephony, satellite television and Internet services. The move is part of the company's growth strategy. Follow RCR Wireless...

Chile's Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Entel) and German software company SAP have teamed up to offer mobile services to Entel's enterprise clients based on SAP's mobile platform. “This is a step further in the offering of convergent services, complementing our actual services: SAP Hosting and...