BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The Smartcom PCS objective is to overtake Chile’s third-largest operator, BellSouth, this year in subscriber numbers and move from its last-place position to third place. To achieve the goal, Endesa in Chile is planning to invest US$80 million to improve its CDMA network and its data transmission service on its 2.5-generation 1xRTT network.
Also, if the Supreme Court of Justice determines that the company can participate in the auction of three 10-megahertz segments in the 1900 MHz band this year, Smartcom PCS is planning to further increase that investment plan. “The Supreme Court will reincorporate us. We believe we have the elements to appeal, so we are expecting a favorable decision,” said Ricardo Muchnick, marketing manager.
On the other hand, when rumors about the possibility of Endesa selling Smartcom surfaced, the Spanish company released a statement saying it felt obligated to deny the claim, emphasizing the development of the Chilean operator is “extremely satisfactory, both in quality of coverage and quantity of clients.” In any case, the Delegated Counsellor of Endesa Diversification Jos
