Movistar's director of public affairs, Fernando Saiz, explained that the shutdown of the 2G network is directly associated with the company's global objective of reducing the carbon footprint by reducing emissions in inefficient, high-power processes that can be provided by more modern solutions.
As for Entel, its sustainability and communications manager, Francisca Florenzano, explained that the shutdown of the 2G network implies a decrease in the network's energy consumption by 4.5%, which is equivalent to 13,034,220 KWh/year. Entel plans to completely shut down the 2G network by the end of this year, except in areas that do not have other infrastructure.
Entel has the highest proportion of connections in this network on the market, with 83.2% of the total, equivalent to 129,318 accesses. While Movistar has 5.6% of the connections (8,666). Claro has 10,143 connections (6.5%) and has not announced plans to shut down the 2G network.