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Thursday, March 30, 2017

2017 FTTH Latam Conference

2017 FTTH Latam - Enacom expects 150 locations to attend the FTTH deployment contest

So far 80 localities of less than 2,500 inhabitants have presented themselves to the competition for the deployment of FTTH and technological reconversion of cooperatives and SMEs in telecommunications, moreover, even offered an extension until April 17. During the FTTH Council conference taking place this week in Buenos Aires, Miguel de Godoy, president of the National Communications Entity (Enacom) of Argentina, told Convergencialatina that 98% of Argentina's connectivity is concentrated in 5% of the localities of more than 30,000 inhabitants and since the regulation and initiatives like the mentioned tender point to a "soft" migration to FTTH, to push a process "that was relegated" (in line with the delay of which also spoke Rodrigo De Loredo, president of Arsat, yesterday at the conference).

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