The leader highlighted the “sustained growth of the firm” and mentioned the milestones achieved in the internet with broadband, fiber optics and 5G.
The president of Antel, Gabriel Gurméndez, highlighted the “sustained growth” of the firm during his management and maintained that it was possible to include “the Uruguayans forgotten”, with a strong investment to improve connectivity to Internet in all the country.
Gurmendez He highlighted that the company “continues to be a leader” and reported profits of 247 million dollars in 2022, adding broadband for 100% of public educational centers. “Before there was 31%, this is a substantial change for the country’s education that was achieved in coordination with the ANEP”, he assured.
The owner of Antel This was expressed during an event organized by the Association of Marketing Managers of Uruguay (ADM), where he synthesized the reality of the telecommunications entity. “Was achieved. Customers are better off, use more and pay less. And the company is stronger,” he said in his speech.
Accompanied by the Ministers of Housing, Raúl Lozano; Industry, Omar Paganini, and Environment, Robert Bouvier; and the vice president of Antel, Pablo Lanza, The leader also highlighted the achievements obtained during the pandemic, which he considered “a challenge.”
Connectivity
Gurmendez, who is also a presidential candidate for the Colorado Party, He stated that in 420 inland locations investment was made in fiber optics for homes, with 170 new points. In turn, he indicated that more than 300,000 services migrated to the connection format throughout the country and evaluated the intervention in 44 neighborhoods of Montevideo with fiber optic works.
On the other hand, he explained that the average traffic of gigabytes per user increased from 4 to 15 between 2019 and 2023, while the price of the rate was reduced by a quarter and the number of conventional mobile services increased from 2,079,118 in December. from 2019 to 2,355,509 as of June 2023.
The implementation of 5G
On the other hand, the leader highlighted the deployment of the service 5G in all the departmental capitals and maintained that this technology allows a greater employment opportunity in the sector of software, which exports 1 billion dollars every year.
Along these lines, he highlighted that, in terms of mobile data prices, Uruguay Last year it ranked first in America and ninth worldwide. Thus, he maintained that 79% of the clients surveyed for the entity’s services expressed satisfaction with the quality and speed of mobile internet.
Source: Ambito
