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The Chilean Senate has approved 33 – 0 new regulations on mobile phone antenna installations (read the document in Spanish). This agreement is expected to be ratified in the coming weeks by the National Congress, and soon to be enacted …

Chile’s lower house of congress approved a bill last month regulating the installation of mobile phone antennas. Under the proposal, any dealer-installed support tower antennas and radiating systems telecommunications transmission over 12 meters (about 40 feet) tall would require installation …

Starting Jan. 16, Chileans mobile subscribers will be able to keep their original phone numbers when switching telephone operators. So-called mobile number portability will affect 25 million users, Chile’s Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications estimates. As part of number portability …

Subtel, Chile’s secretary of telecommunications, will disclose on Dec. 16 the new award conditions for the 4G auctions in the band of 2.6 GHz. The auction of three 20 MHz blocks of frequency is set for the first half of …

Chile’s secretary of telecommunications (Subtel) is set to schedule an auction of 4G spectrum, which will enable LTE deployment in the country. Subtel has yet to spell out its requirements for the bidding, which is expected to happen in next …

Maravedis | January 26, 2011 | Cintia Garza Latin America is the quietest region in terms of LTE deployments and operator commitments. Other regions such as Europe and Asia Pacific have shown much more LTE activity, accounting for 35% and …

Business News Americas | January 24, 2011 | Patrick Nixon Chilean telecoms regulator Subtel is likely to come under considerable pressure over the next few days to modify recently published regulations for an internet neutrality law, which have provoked the …

Business News Americas | January 3, 2011 | Patrick Nixon Chilean telecommunications networks suffered minimum disruption following Sunday’s (Jan 2) magnitude-7.1 earthquake in the south of the country, according to information from telecoms regulator Subtel and operators. No deaths or …