Interview
We spoke with Luis Uribe, the CTO of Entel, to share his experience and insights on the latest optical transport technology and how is digitally transforming Chile in F5G (Fixed 5th Generation)-Advanced era
Watch the full interview from the link below.
When it comes to digital services, Entel is a highly diverse telecoms company, offering mobile, fixed broadband, and enterprise services to customers throughout Chile and Peru.
“Our optical transport network builds a solid foundation for mobile services, broadband services, and enterprise leased line services. It offers ultra-large bandwidth, ultra-low latency, and simplified architecture to meet business requirements for up to a decade. It is an essential part of Entel’s strategy,” said Uribe.
But as the demand for these digital services increases, so too does the pressure on the network to be faster, more resilient, and more powerful. Networks must evolve to meet these increased demands and, as such, last year ETSI released its F5G-Advanced standard, a shift that will take existing networks capable of 200G networks to 400G and even 800G.
In fact, Entel’s own backbone network in Chile is closely mirroring this evolution. Launching their 10G Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) system back in 2005, Entel began upgrading the network to 100G nationwide in 2017, and 200G in the capital area in 2022. Now, they are launching the country’s first 800G optical network.
“In the future, we will not only build out the 400G/800G backbone network to cover the whole country,” said Uribe. “We believe a green all-optical architecture will help us to build the best fixed broadband and mobile broadband services in Chile.”
The deployment of this 800G network – known as the Galileo Project within Entel itself – will provide a solid foundation upon which Chile can develop as a digital economy, in line with the government’s 2035 Digital Strategy.
“This deployment will provide state-of-the-art network coverage in all major cities from Arica to Puerto Montt with capacities of up to Nx800 Gbps in 1+0, 1+1, 1+R, and 1+1+R redundant. It is prepared to deliver high-capacity with very high availability, up to 99.999%,” explained Uribe. “This will be present at the national level including extreme areas. Entel believes Chile’s 2035 digital transformation will rely on such high capacity, nation-wide coverage, and ultra-high reliability network.”
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