Telecommunications in Chile
The technical regulator of communications in Chile is the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications, through the Undersecretariat of Telecommunications (Subtel).
Telephone
[edit]History
[edit]Telephone and telegraph services started in Chile in 1879, three years after Alexander Graham Bell, presented his patent for a telephonic system. José Dottin Husbands, an associate of Thomas Edison, arrived into the port of Valparaíso carrying the first set of switching equipment and telephones.[1] By 1880 the first telephone company of the country is born (Compañía Chilena de Teléfonos de Edison), while in 1893, after a rapid expansion in the northern regions of Chile, telephone services started operating in the south, thanks to the founding of Telefónica del Sur (current day Grupo GTD), a company created by a group of German immigrants that had previously settled in the area of Valdivia, Región de los Ríos.
- Main lines in use: 2,567,938 (2020 est.)[2]
- Mobile cellular: 25,068,249 (2020 est.)[2]
- Pre-paid: 17,283,257
- Post-paid: 6,847,497 [3]
- System: privatization began in 1988; advanced telecommunications infrastructure; modern system based on extensive microwave radio relay facilities; fixed-line connections have dropped in recent years as mobile-cellular usage continues to increase, reaching a level of 85 telephones per 100 persons[2]
- Domestic: extensive microwave radio relay links; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations
- international: country code - 56; submarine cables provide links to the US and to Central and South America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)
Radio
[edit]- 88.5 MHz Radio Neura Arica[5]
- 89.1 MHz FM Más[6]
- 90.9 MHz Radio Estación[7]
- 91.3 MHz Radio Canal 95 (Antofagasta)[8]
- 92.1 MHz Radio Puerta Norte[9]
- 93.1 MHz Radio Montecarmelo[10]
- 93.5 MHz FM Plus (Antofagasta)[11]
- 93.5 MHz Radio Primavera[12]
- 94.9 MHz Frecuencia Tropical[13]
- 95.9 MHz Radio Universidad de Tarapacá[14]
- 96.5 MHz Radio Proclamación[15]
- 98.9 MHz Presencia FM[16]
- 100.1 MHz Radio Andina[17]
- 104.9 MHz Cappíssima Multimedial[18]
- 107.9 MHz Radio Alas de Águila[19]
Television
[edit]- Broadcast stations: 63 (plus 121 repeaters) (1997)[2]
- Broadcast television system: NTSC[20]
- Pay television: 4,158,874 (2012)[21]
Internet
[edit]Other technical details
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Historia de la Compañía » Telefónica Chile" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-06-28.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Chile". The World Factbook (2025 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1 2 "Número de celulares en Chile superó los 24 millones". Acceso a internet por cada 100 habitantes llega a 41% y banda ancha móvil se acerca a los 5 millones de conexiones. Gobierno de Chile. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
- ↑ Compendio Estadístico 2006, INE.
- ↑ "Sitio Web de Radio Neura".
- ↑ "Sitio Web de FM Más".
- ↑ "Sitio Web de Estación 80".
- ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ↑ "Sitio Web de Radio Puerta Norte". Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ↑ "Sitio Web de Radio Montecarmelo".
- ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ↑ "Sitio Web de Radio Primavera".
- ↑ "Sitio Web de Frecuencia Tropical".
- ↑ "Sitio Web de Radio Universidad de Tarapacá".
- ↑ "Sitio Web de Radio Procamación".
- ↑ "Sitio Web de Presencia FM". Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ↑ "Página Web de Radio Andina".
- ↑ "Sitio Web de Radio Cappisima Multimedial".
- ↑ "Sitio Web de Radio Alas de Águila".
- ↑ "What are the video format standards used in different countries worldwide?". Sony.com. November 4, 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ↑ Articulo 2012, Cambio21.
- ↑ "Full list: Plug, socket & voltage by country". WorldStandards. 9 August 2022.
