ALTÁN extends its coverage in Southeastern Mexico: Merida attains the connectivity of Red Compartida

• Mérida, its metropolitan areas and rural towns, gets the 4.5G connectivity of Red Compartida 
• This launch provides coverage to more than 1 million 45 thousand people, of which more than 180,000 are in localities with less than 10 million inhabitants.
• ALTÁN’s LTE commercial operation reaches 23 markets nationwide, 41 Pueblos Mágicos (Magical Towns) and more than 3,270 towns with “high” and “very high” marginalization.
• National coverage of Red Compartida reaches more than 49 million people (almost 44% of the total population of Mexico), over 9 million located in areas of less than 10,000 inhabitants.
• For the 50% milestone accomplishment in course, Red Compartida will reach almost 60 million people (more than 11.5 million in localities of less than 10 thousand inhabitants), in a total of over 29 commercial markets, 56 Pueblos Mágicos and almost 19,000 thousand rural towns.
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  October 16th, 2019. ALTÁN Redes, the Mexican company responsible for the deployment and operation of Red Compartida, the country’s wholesale mobile broadband network, begins its commercial operation in Merida, Yucatan state -recently named the Best City in the World of the small ones-, as well as in its urban and rural nearby areas, to provide 4.5G connectivity to more than 1 million 45 thousand people, of which more than 180,000 are located in localities with less than 10,000 inhabitants.

With this launch, ALTÁN Redes reaches 1,053 localities in the Yucatan peninsula at Southeastern Mexico, including Merida, its capital and the most populated city of the State, as well as in 57 villages classified by the Mexican National Population Council (Conapo) of “high” and “very high” marginalization., Places that without Red Compartida presence would continue with poor or no internet connectivity at home, business or mobile.

The ‘White City’, known for its natural and cultural treasures, its great archeological sites and the warmth of its people, is the third market in the South of Mexico that already has the coverage of Red Compartida, after Villahermosa (Tabasco) and Tuxtla Gutierrez (Chiapas).

As of October 16, 2019, the National 4.5G footprint of Red Compartida reaches a total of more than 49 million people (almost 44% of the total population of Mexico) covered, of which more than 9 million are located in localities of less than 10,000 inhabitants nationwide.

Red Compartida has a high sense of social inclusion and -in addition to its quality obligations, which require it to offer the best benefits for end-users-, – population coverage requirements to reach 92.2% of the inhabitants by 2024 (at least 15% of it must be in areas of less than 10,000 inhabitants). At Yucatan state, the coverage in towns of less than 10,000 inhabitants under Red Compartida now reaches 17.3% of the total footprint deployed in the State.

With this launch, the goals of coverage of broadband internet access have advanced and competitiveness is promoted. These are objectives established for Red Compartida by the Government of Mexico, which will help bring internet for all its citizens.

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About ALTÁN Redes

Mexican private company that develops and operates Red Compartida, the most important telecommunications network in recent years in Mexico. It is a modern wholesale mobile broadband network, neutral and non-discriminatory type, utilizing the 700 MHz band, which will increase the coverage of the most advanced 4G-LTE services to at least 92.2% of the Mexican population. Red Compartida is developed through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with the Government of Mexico, which contributes decisively to reduce the digital divide, bringing the internet to those who need it most and increasing competition in the market for the benefit of end-users of telecommunications services.

 

For more information: upgrade-altanredes.lievant.com.mx

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