Antel builds and owns national infrastructure (FTTH, copper/ADSL, mobile networks) (Source).
Uruguay
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Organization: Any kind of organization. The Organization class represents a kind of Agent corresponding to social instititutions such as companies, societies etc.
About
Founded 1974 as Uruguay's national telecoms operator (Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones). Antel is state-owned and is both an ISP and Network Operator, providing retail broadband to consumers and building/owning national infrastructure. Launched first commercial LTE (4G) in Uruguay in 2011, deployed 5G network with commercial launch in June 2023 (Source), (Source), (Source), (Source).
Operator Characteristics
Retail-only ISP?
No
Antel is not retail-only; it also owns and operates network infrastructure (FTTH, copper/ADSL, mobile networks) (Source).
Wholesale-only Network Operator?
No
Antel is not wholesale-only; it sells services directly to end users (retail) (Source).
Business-only ISP?
No
Antel serves both consumers (residential) and businesses (Source).