Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Who competes with Telecom?

The mega-merger seeks to establish itself in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. And there are signs of its search for expansion in the region with a possible first stop in Chile.

After Telecom-Cablevisión merger, Telefónica tries to become strong in its original southern area, updating its obsolete copper networks in order to provide multiple services over fiber to the home. Claro experiences with the Internet and competes with prices and high bandwidth in the surrounding sites with the objective of having fiber to complement its mobile broadband services, whose demand grows requiring speed and capacity.

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