As part of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 in Barcelona, Argentina staff was awarded for Ookla with the prize for fastest mobile network in Argentina according to the latest report 2023, with a connection speed of 36.59 megabytes.
Telecom Argentina’s fixed and mobile connectivity services company thus becomes the first operator in Latin America earning this recognition, provided by the world leader in network usage testing, data and analysis, the creator of the famous speed test– Of five consecutive years.
The staff is present throughout the national territory with 4G coverage in 98% of the population; while 95% of traffic passes through this network, which demonstrates “customers’ preference not only to always be connected, but also that speed is more than important in their experience of the service and in its use for communicating, working, studying , learn or enjoy,” the company said in a statement.
Roberto Nobile, The CEO of Telecom Argentina underlined: “The widespread adoption of 4G technology has completely transformed digitalization in Argentina. Mobile Internet accompanies our daily life in cities, but also in the countryside, and in places far from urban centers. “It boosts regional economies, it is a factor of social inclusion and the great catalyst for essential services in people’s lives.”
“We are proud to receive this recognition from Ookla as it confirms our evolution towards the digital world, which is the world of customers. We continue to strengthen fixed and mobile network infrastructure with a solid investment plan to connect the entire country,” she added.
“We strengthen our leadership with services that leverage the best of connectivity: Personal salarythe e-wallet that drives financial inclusion; to flow, the entertainment platform with immediate availability of music, films, videos, live television from any smartphone and Telecom technological solutions that accompany companies and governments in their digital evolution. THE quality, coverage and capacity of our networks is the differential that confirms to us, once again, that the path chosen is the right one”, he concluded.
Progress in the deployment of 5G
The award was presented in Barcelona, as part of the world mobile telephony fair.With an investment plan in infrastructure, systems and services of the order of 6 billion dollars Over the past six years Telecom has managed to evolve from a traditional “telco” to a tech-cowith a digital business strategy that allows it to expand its regional presence.
Furthermore, Personal continues to achieve the largest transformation of its network infrastructure, both mobile and fixed, introducing new access technologies that allow higher speeds and also helping to optimize the quality of service in terms of stability and availability, which significantly improves the user experience in connecting to the Internet both inside and outside the home. THE 4.5G network (4G+)it is already active on 100% of the network.
Since 2021, the company has started distributing 5G infrastructure. The staff has already put the first ones into operation 100 5G sites full using the recently tendered spectrum through public procurement, in several cities across the country. In this way, Personal continues to lead the evolution of the sector to offer Argentines the latest technology in mobile connectivity.
In this way we continue to reaffirm the vocation to bring connectivity and the best services with the fastest network to Argentina.
Source: Clarin
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