The state-owned telecoms company has opened its 400th fifth-generation technology site, and hopes to reach 500 this year.
Antel inaugurated the 400th site of fifth generation technology (5G) with the opening of the most recent position in Vichadero, Rivera. The state-owned telecommunications company has invested around 1.5 million dollars this year in this technology and in fibre optics in the department, and 60 million dollars in the whole country.
Antel continues working on expanding the technology 5G throughout the country, with a total investment that has already reached 60 million dollars so far in 2024 and that, recently, managed to reach 400 sites with this higher speed connectivity resource, as explained by the director of the public company, Annabela Suburú.
This innovation will improve the speed of uploading, downloading and transferring data. It also provides low latency, improving communication time between the sender and the receiver.
“Antel “It puts the most advanced, cutting-edge technology at the service of the people and all Uruguayans can enjoy it, develop it and prosper on the basis of these services,” said Suburú, in this regard.
As he explained, in Uruguay There are more than 600,000 terminals 5G in the hands of the company’s customers, adding that the number is expected to reach 500 by 2024. “It is a technology that will continue to develop very rapidly throughout the country,” he stressed.
A brake on the provision for cable operators
Meanwhile, the decision of the Board of Directors of Antel to offer optical fiber to private companies as a wholesale service aimed at large customers continues to generate a stir. Now, the Broad Front (FA) called for “stopping” the resolution of the Executive poweralluding that this would generate “great damages” and “loss of assets” for the public company and the national State.
Through a statement, the Political table of the left-wing coalition expressed its opposition to the plan, pointing out that the recently approved measure “was repeatedly rejected in the National Parliament since 2020″, and that the investment of Antel The original purpose of the fibre optic cables was only to “guarantee the population’s access to quality connectivity”.
“With this measure, Antel “It facilitates private companies’ entry into the market for the sale of fiber optic internet services, using, for purely lucrative purposes, the infrastructure designed for the fulfillment of rights. According to estimates by the Board itself, this means a loss of income to the State of up to 60 million dollars annually,” the statement argues.
Source: Ambito
