Red Compartida arrives to ‘Riviera Maya’: ALTÁN starts commercial operation in Cancún, Playa del Carmen and Tulum | ALTÁN Redes

Red Compartida arrives to ‘Riviera Maya’: ALTÁN starts commercial operation in Cancún, Playa del Carmen and Tulum

8 November, 2019

  • Cancún and Playa del Carmen, together with their metropolitan areas and rural towns and the Pueblo Mágico of Tulum, get the 4.5G connectivity of Red Compartida.  
  • Both commercial launches together reach more than 805 thousand people, of which more than 158,000 are in localities with less than 10 thousand inhabitants.
  • ALTÁN’s LTE commercial operations reaches 27 markets nationwide, 43 Pueblos Mágicos (Magical Towns) and more than 3,400 towns with “high” and “very high” marginalization.
  • National coverage of Red Compartida reaches more than 52 million people (more than 46% of the total population of Mexico), over 9.7 million located in areas of less than 10,000 inhabitants.
  • For the 50% milestone accomplishment in course, Red Compartida will reach almost 60 million people (more than 11.5 million in localities of less than 10 thousand inhabitants), in a total of over 29 commercial markets, 56 Pueblos Mágicos and almost 19,000 rural towns.

 

November 8, 2019. – ALTÁN Redes, the Mexican company responsible for the deployment and operation of Red Compartida, the country’s wholesale mobile broadband network, expands its coverage in southeastern Mexico and opens its commercial offer in two important points of the ‘Riviera Maya’: Cancún and Playa del Carmen, as well as in their urban and rural nearby areas. 

The commercial launch of these two markets jointly covers more than 805 thousand people, including more than 158,000 in localities with less than 10 thousand inhabitants. With this, the 4.5G coverage of Red Compartida already reaches more than 52 million people nationwide (more than 46% of the total population of Mexico).

In Playa del Carmen, ALTÁN covers more than 254,000 people in 341 localities of Quintana Roo, and more than 96 thousand are located in areas of less than 10,000 inhabitants. In Cancún the network covers more than 551 thousand people in 224 localities of the State, of which more than 61 thousand are located at areas of less than 10,000 inhabitants.

Both commercial markets include together 40 localities classified by the Mexican National Population Council (Conapo) of “high” and “very high” marginalization. Places that without Red Compartida presence would continue with poor or no Internet connectivity at home, business or mobile. 

Additionally, with the incorporation of the Pueblo Mágico of Tulum, a place of high tourist value for the Yucatán Peninsula due to its important archeological centers, the enormous beauty of its beaches, and its many cultural experiences, the network already covers 43 Pueblos Mágicos nationwide as well as its inhabitants and visitors, all with the state-of-the-art connectivity. 

Red Compartida has a high sense of social inclusion and -in addition to its quality obligations, which require it to offer the best benefits for end-users-, population coverage requirements to reach 92.2% of the inhabitants by 2024 (at least 15% of it must be in areas of less than 10,000 inhabitants). Under this precept, 16.6% of the total covered in the two states is located in populations of less than 10,000 inhabitants. 

With that launches, the goals of coverage of broadband internet access have advanced and competitiveness is promoted. These are objectives established for Red Compartida by the Government of Mexico, which will help bring Internet for all its citizens. 

 

About ALTÁN Redes

Mexican private Company that develops and operates Red Compartida, the most important telecommunications Network in recent years in Mexico. Altán has passed the first phase of its operation with the successful deployment of 50% coverage of the population of Mexico, with the best 4.5G technology over the 700 MHz band. The benefits of Altán Redes are currently the best according to the independent quality indices published on the mobile market in Mexico. It has more than 40 clients, among which the main telecommunications operators and retail distributors in the country stand out. Altán announced on October 1 the start of the deployment of social coverage to provide broadband services to the most marginalized populations in Mexico. Red Compartida is developed through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with the Government of Mexico, with the final objective of reaching 92.2% of the country’s inhabitants under a wholesale, neutral and non-discriminatory model. 

 

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