Chilean fibre connections surged by 37.6 percent in the year to the end of June 2020, according to OECD figures cited by telecommunications watchdog Subtel. The result is triple the OECD average of 13.5 percent, and the annual rise is the world’s sixth highest, behind Israel, the UK, Ireland, France and Italy.
The report also showed that fibre-optic technology now accounts for 32.8 percent of the country’s fixed broadband total, up 7.64 percentage points year on year and surpassed only by France (7.85 pp) and New Zealand (8.57 pp). Subtel said the number of fixed broadband accesses with fibre to the home connection has doubled in the last two years.
Chile is currently in the process of doubling the capacity of its fibre-optic network via the National Fibre Optic (FON) project to roll out 10,000 kilometres of cables across 13 regions. The government is also pressing on with its Fibra Optica Austral (FOA) southern fibre plan and its Humboldt transoceanic cable project.
