Movistar Chile (Telefonica) introduced on the just lately concluded Cell World Congress 2024 in Barcelona that it has crossed the milestone of 1.5 million 5G prospects. Moreover, the corporate introduced 5G Standalone (SA) Expertise pilots and a renewal plan for migrating all residence broadband prospects to fiber optics by the tip of 2024. As a part of its Technological Renewal Plan, the corporate additionally introduced the tip of public phone cubicles throughout the MWC 2024.
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Movistar Chile 5G Clients
Movistar Chile mentioned at present, 1.5 million prospects are having fun with its 5G service, and it’ll proceed to broaden its cellular community all through 2024. The corporate additionally reported that seventy % of cellular prospects are on free 5G plans at no extra value and customers are consuming 40 % extra Gigabytes than 4G customers.
5G SA Pilots
Moreover, the telco introduced the inauguration of two new 5G Movistar Expertise Laboratories – a undertaking by Movistar Empresas – on the Catholic College of the Santisima Concepcion and on the College of La Serena, each that includes the brand new Stand Alone expertise. This may assist discover 5G use circumstances on the SA expertise.
Community Growth and Modernization
Concerning the growth of the cellular community, the corporate detailed that in 2024, Movistar Chile will execute over 800 4G and 5G modernization tasks and over 260 5G protection expansions all through Chile.
This community modernization and growth will enable protection growth to new areas resembling Easter Island, Cape Horn, Primavera, and Timaukel, bringing high-speed connectivity to rural areas within the nation.
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Fiber Optic Migration
Moreover, the corporate introduced that each one of its mounted broadband subscribers shall be related to fiber-optic expertise by the tip of 2024. Movistar Chile mentioned the migration from the prevailing copper-based community shall be accomplished in additional than 1.3 million houses with Movistar mounted broadband contracts this yr.
The initiative has already resulted within the elimination of seven,000 tons of copper from streets, and 100% of its prospects will be capable to get pleasure from fiber broadband connectivity.
In 2023, together with On Internet Fibra, Movistar fiber reached 200,000 new houses in communities resembling Cabildo, Coronel, La Ligua, and Tome for the primary time. The fiber community has at present handed 4.4 billion households, and this yr the corporate plans to double prospects in rural and distant areas.
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Removing of Public Phone Cubicles
The corporate additionally introduced the tip of public phone cubicles, revealing that in 2023, greater than 2,000 cabins positioned in eleven areas of Chile have been eliminated as a part of the corporate’s Technological Renewal Plan, which seeks to advertise fiber and 5G connectivity.
