Tuesday, July 21, 2020

WOM leverages its future in 5G with the deployment of 7,000 km of National Fiber Optic in Chile

The mobile operator was awarded five of the six macro-zones tendered by Subtel, and in March 2021 it will begin laying work to bring the fiber closer to 143 communes. In a virtual event, the Chilean undersecretary of Telecommunications Pamela Gidi also pointed out the project because it has a trunk optical fiber in areas hitherto neglected or where there was only one operator.

The FON Project, in reference to the acronym “Fibra Óptica Nacional”, is one of the bases of the Digital Matrix defined by the Sebastián Piñera government and “the largest subsidy in the history of Chilean telecommunications (US$ 109 million). ) ”, as the Subtel head, Pamela Gidi highlighted. WOM will invest US$ 82 million to deploy a 7,000 km line in five of the 6 macro zones defined in the tender, while a sixth macro zone declared deserted in the first instance will be once again offered in September.

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