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    Chile's national fiber optic network project partial tender resumed

    • Last Update: 2022-12-26
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    Chile's Ministry of Communications (MTTS) recently announced that the bidding for the remaining land-based sections of the $100 million "Fibra Optica Austral" optical fiber network project has begun
    .

    The project, which was put on hold in October 2016 but relaunched in May 2017, aims to deploy nearly 4,000 kilometers of fibre infrastructure
    in southern Patagonia.

    According to local media reports, in August 2017, during the bidding period for the submarine cable part of the project, a total of four companies provided quotations, namely Telefonica, a Spanish telecommunications company, with a quotation of US$82.
    4 million, Chilean rural telecommunications service provider CTR, with a quotation of US$88.
    07 million, Austral Telco, a company invested by Chilean mobile telecommunications operator WOM, with a quotation of US$88.
    07 million, and VuPoint Systems of Canada, whose quotation was

    Three companies, Silica Networks, VuPoint Systems and Conectividad Austral, submitted bids
    for the ground portion of the project.

    In October 2017, the Ministry of Communications revealed that CTR and Huawei Marine jointly won the project contract for the submarine cable and one of the three ground sections of the project
    .

    That is, the alliance will deploy 3,000 kilometers of submarine cable from Puerto Montt to Puerto Williams and land at Caleta Tortel and Punta Arenas, in addition to a fiber optic connection
    from Puerto Natales to the Porvenir ground section in the Magallanes area.

    In addition, two land-based segments of Los Lagos and Aysen were not awarded because the submitted bids failed to meet technical standards
    .
    Therefore, the government now plans to restart the corresponding tender.

    Communications Minister Paola Tapia Salas said the fibre optic network project took about 26 months
    .

    Chile's Ministry of Communications (MTTS) recently announced that the bidding for the remaining land-based sections of the $100 million "Fibra Optica Austral" optical fiber network project has begun
    .

    Fiber optic network

    The project, which was put on hold in October 2016 but relaunched in May 2017, aims to deploy nearly 4,000 kilometers of fibre infrastructure
    in southern Patagonia.

    According to local media reports, in August 2017, during the bidding period for the submarine cable part of the project, a total of four companies provided quotations, namely Telefonica, a Spanish telecommunications company, with a quotation of US$82.
    4 million, Chilean rural telecommunications service provider CTR, with a quotation of US$88.
    07 million, Austral Telco, a company invested by Chilean mobile telecommunications operator WOM, with a quotation of US$88.
    07 million, and VuPoint Systems of Canada, whose quotation was

    Three companies, Silica Networks, VuPoint Systems and Conectividad Austral, submitted bids
    for the ground portion of the project.

    In October 2017, the Ministry of Communications revealed that CTR and Huawei Marine jointly won the project contract for the submarine cable and one of the three ground sections of the project
    .

    That is, the alliance will deploy 3,000 kilometers of submarine cable from Puerto Montt to Puerto Williams and land at Caleta Tortel and Punta Arenas, in addition to a fiber optic connection
    from Puerto Natales to the Porvenir ground section in the Magallanes area.

    In addition, two land-based segments of Los Lagos and Aysen were not awarded because the submitted bids failed to meet technical standards
    .
    Therefore, the government now plans to restart the corresponding tender.

    Communications Minister Paola Tapia Salas said the fibre optic network project took about 26 months
    .

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