Chile is digital: 5G touches 4 million devices and satellite connections to the home grew by 88% in one year
According to figures provided by Subtel, there are 26.7 million mobile phones and 4.5 million fixed Internet connections in the country.
An increase in digital and satellite connectivity shows the country. This is according to numbers provided by the Undersecretary of Telecommunications, corresponding to the statistical series as of December 2023.
The figures show that 5G connections reach 3.8 million, showing a growth of 88.5% compared to December 2022, reflecting the rapid adoption of new technologies by Chilean users. In addition, statistics show that there are already 26.7 million mobile phones in Chile.
The numbers provided by Subtel also show a sustained growth in residential satellite connections, which grew 88.4% in the last 12 months and 163% so far in the Government. In the case of fixed Internet connections, these grew by 1.4% to reach 4.5 million connections.
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The Undersecretary of Telecommunications, Claudio Araya, pointed out that, “President Boric ordered us to reach the entire national territory where people live with an offer of telecommunications services, that is, that no one is left out because they have no way to connect to the digital society. And we have been fulfilling that task.”
He added that, “Proof of this is the deployment of infrastructure projects, such as the 5G network throughout the national territory and the operability of different connection points of the National Fiber Optic project. But we also see with these figures, that people are accessing high-standard connectivity and in those areas that are geographically complex to reach, satellite solutions are allowing us to integrate the entire national territory into the digital world.”
He also added “with the approval of the Internet as a Public Service project, which enables the subsidy to demand and where companies must deliver service throughout the concession area, we expect the number of users connected to fixed networks to increase, since our challenge as a State is that the digital divides are getting closer and closer to their minimum expression.”
More results of Subtel’s statistics can be found in https://www.subtel.gob.cl/estudios-y-estadisticas/informes-sectoriales-anuales/