Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Torresec expects to finish 2019 with 450 towers installed in the country

Cristian Panizzi, general manager of Torresec, said that they have 350 towers installed in the Argentine territory and hope to add another 100 before the end of the year. He also announced that they are exploring FTTH and have begun to venture into fiber optic networks, after evaluating the connectivity needs of municipalities and customers. "The municipalities are thinking of smart cities and we are starting to see the issue of mini datacenters, using our sites to implement them, to have a lower latency and develop,  give connectivity and be closer to the user," said the executive.

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