ANTEL EXPANSION III

closed

The project consists of: (a) installation of about 41,000 additional lines of local automatic telephone exchange equipment; (b) expansion of the local cable network and subscriber facilities to provide about 36,000 additional individual connections, as well as about 320 additional public call boxes to be installed in low-income urban areas with total population of over 200,000; (c) installation of two long-distance automatic exchanges with about 2,200 terminations; (d) installation of long-distance equipment on various routes to provide about 2,400 additional circuits; (e) expansion of the telegraph network by 300 channels; (f) installation of 600 teleprinters at subscribers premises; and, (g) installation of about 200 long-distance public call offices in municipalities and rural areas with populations of 2,000 or more, currently without service, in order to provide telephone access to about an additional 400,000 people.