Entel Announces Over a Million 5G Users in First Year of Launch

Entel Chile, the Full-service provider, has announced an update on its 5G operations one year after launching its 5G network in the country. In one year of the operations, 10 per cent of the total Entel connections are using 5G technology. Furthermore, as per the Subtel report in June, Entel leads 5G connections in chile with 63 per cent of total connections nationwide. One year after the official launch of the 5G network in Chile, Entel announced that 1,087,118 customers used the 5G network.

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Entel 5G Operations and Data Consumption

Of the 270 communes that were covered under 5G from Entel, as per a company report in November 2022, Las Condes (119,092 GB), Santiago (91,326 GB), Providencia (53,576 GB ), La Florida (27,594 GB) and Nunoa (22,427 GB) are the communes that carry most of the network traffic.

At the National level, the cities of Temuco (12,772 GB), Vina del Mar (10,947 GB), Rancagua (9,684 GB), Iquique (9,174 GB) and Antofagasta (8,636 GB) stand out in usage.

5G Usage

The company also announced its users’ usage of 5G services concerning applications, such as social networks and streaming, highlighting Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Netflix. An average Entel customer consumes 20.7GB, of which 5.4 GB of usage is on the 5G Network. According to the telco, average download speeds over the network reached 203 Mbps.

Also Read: Airtel 5G Plus Supports All Major Smartphones.

5G Device Models

The telco offers 89 cell phone models that allow users to connect to 5G, and in October, these models represented 57% of total sales. In addition, 5 of these models are among the 10 most purchased. The Samsung A22, 128 GB iPhone 13, Xiaomi Redmi 10, Samsung A52s, and Samsung Galaxy A53 are the most purchased devices by customers between January and November, indicating that 5G is already compatible with various smartphones purchased.