The state company reported that it is seeking to replace all internet services with copper cable in that department.
The state telecommunications company before reported an investment plan for about $2.2 million for the department of Peachfrom the replacement of all internet services by copper cable to fiber opticin a plan that seeks to enhance connectivity within the country.
This Monday the 5th, the president of the state company, Gabriel Gurmendezassured in a press conference that this fact “It is a historical milestone for Durazno“, since the amount to invest is one of the highest figures in the last 8 years.
For Gurméndez, the presence of Antel in the interior of the country is key to the execution of fiber optic installation works through inter-institutional work with each departmental administration. The president of Antel remarked that the works are “focused” on the need to “compatriots who were lagging behind in access to connectivity in Uruguay“.
Antel has already started fiber optic works in the towns of Durazno
In Durazno, copper cables have already been replaced in the towns of White, carlos reyles, Carmenand sarandi del yi. Now, according to Gurméndez, the next population with which they will be working will be that of Dovesince this town of about 1,500 inhabitants does not have fixed connectivity possibilities.
“The entity’s priority is to achieve equity in access to telecommunications throughout the national territory”, regardless of their place of residence, Gurméndez stressed. Antel is in a search to promote roots, especially among the youngest, to his place of origin.
Once the press conference was over, the Antel authorities went to the towns of Blanquillo and Carmen, where, accompanied by the mayor of Durazno, Carmelo Vidalininaugurated the first fiber optic service in these towns.
Source: Ambito
