Claro Puerto Rico to launch high-speed mobile network in 2017
América Móvil's Claro subsidiary is investing US$370mn on modernizing its network in Puerto Rico, which will offer mobile subscribers speeds of up to 100Mbps by mid-2017.
The initiative will combine Claro's recently awarded blocks in the AWS and 700MHz bands and carrier aggregation technology, which allows for greater speeds and 230% more coverage, local daily El Nuevo Día reported.
The telco's sister company, Claro Perú, registered improved speeds and coverage after using its block in the 700MHz band.
The mobile data of the Puerto Rican subscriber base jumped 60% in the first half of this year, said Enrique Ortiz de Montellano, CEO of Claro Puerto Rico. Furthermore, it is estimated that mobile data use will reach 22GB per subscriber each month by 2021.
Considering the high growth rates, Ortiz de Montellano noted that it is necessary to make the expected data consumption viable.
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