Claro Chile builds and owns its own HFC cable, FTTH, and legacy copper DSL infrastructure (Source).
Chile
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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
Claro Chile is an ISP and Network Operator that builds and owns its own HFC cable, FTTH, and legacy copper DSL infrastructure while selling fixed broadband, mobile, telephony, pay-TV, and IT services directly to residential and business consumers nationwide. Founded in 1998 as Chilesat PCS with Chile's fourth mobile license, acquired by América Móvil in 2005 and rebranded to Claro in 2006, merged with VTR in 2022 to form VTRClaro JV (50/50 ownership) combining HFC and FTTH assets for expanded coverage, invested over $500M in 2007-2008 for nationwide 3G rollout, and launched 5G in 2021 with ongoing FTTH expansions targeting multi-gigabit speeds (Source), (Source), (Source), (Source).
Operator Characteristics
Retail-only ISP?
No
Claro Chile is not retail-only; it builds and operates its own physical networks in addition to retail sales (Source).
Wholesale-only Network Operator?
No
Claro Chile is not wholesale-only; it sells retail directly to residential and business end-users (Source).
Business-only ISP?
No
Claro Chile is not business-only; it offers services to both residential consumers and businesses (Source).