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I've noticed that the telecom sector in Chile is quite abuzz, in every possible way - growth is brilliant, technology is on the top, global companies are moving in and jobs are ample.

What I would like to know is basically:

1) Anybody on the forum in the telecommunications industry? In any capacity.
2) What are the basic requirements that companies look for when they hire someone in this industry? Besides a reputed telecom engineering degree and knowledge of Spanish.

I am not in the area but -as electronic engineer- have many friends working in telecos, as I have learn most companies look for practical experience in the specific technologies they are using, chilean companies barely create but they integrate existing technologies, so the most required skills are in repair and support areas.

shivani.saran wrote:I've noticed that the telecom sector in Chile is quite abuzz, in every possible way - growth is brilliant, technology is on the top, global companies are moving in and jobs are ample.

What I would like to know is basically:

1) Anybody on the forum in the telecommunications industry? In any capacity.
2) What are the basic requirements that companies look for when they hire someone in this industry? Besides a reputed telecom engineering degree and knowledge of Spanish.

Yes, I work in the mobile telecoms sector. Up to now I think the networks have been turnkey rollouts, managed mainly by Ericsson and I think some <BANNED WORD>.

I do see some activity in Santiago with smaller companies trying to carve out a niche in mobile application development.

I hope there will be more activity next year as 3G networks are rolled out once Subtel licenses the spectrum. The only 3G operator up to now is Entel, and it's a data-only HSDPA service. This should change next year.

Search for salary information on the forum, and remember that salaries are very low by European or US standards

A BIG bump here - from a very old thread - that never went anywhere...
g~j looked for a place to "park" the info below... this looks like a good place

A quite interesting snippet on "highway congestion"...
No, not that kind... the info-tech kind.
Now if NorAm and EuroLand can't keep pace with the congestion - as stated below...
Where will that leave Chile and other developing nations along the info roadside?
RoadKill
Just wondering?
As the conclusion sez... "substantial opportunities to participate"...
Just gotta get the programs and investments in place

Traffic Jam on the Superhighway

08/21/10 San Antonio, Texas – There’s growing congestion on one of America’s highways and reports say the problem will only get worse. In just the past few years, America’s technological network—our information superhighway—has gone from hare to tortoise. Dropped calls, Internet outages and surfing at a snail’s pace now seem to be commonplace.

One of the main causes of the congestion is the exponential growth of smartphones. Did you know that the new 4G iPhone uses the equivalent network capacity of 200 older generation cell phones?

Earlier this year when Apple sold 1.7 million of them in just three days, it was the data equivalent of dumping 340 million new cell phones into the system at once—no wonder there were problems. It isn’t Apple’s (or AT&T’s) fault so many people wanted their product, but it does highlight the investment opportunity.

According to tech research firm PacificCrest, the global technology buildout is a $200+ billion opportunity over the next five years. The infrastructure needs include $100 billion to relieve congestion and $50 billion for boosting networks by upgrading Internet protocols. PacificCrest also estimates $54 billion is needed for new routing systems to improve data flow.

PacificCrest says we’re entering the next phase of the Internet infrastructure build cycle as big firms boost their capital spending to alleviate bottlenecks and accommodate technological improvements.

During the last cycle (2004-2008) the top five Internet firms spent roughly $15 billion on infrastructure, but that figure is expected to jump to $28 billion over the next four years.

The infrastructure upgrades and additional networks are important because much of the world still isn’t connected. There are 183 billion emails sent each day, but 78 percent of the world’s population still doesn’t have email. There are roughly 6 billion devices (4.6 billion mobile phones, 1.2 billion computers) hooked up to the Internet today, but less than 10 percent of those have high-speed access.

As more people—especially in the developing world—join the broadband and mobile communities, immense strains will be placed on the global network over the next few years. There should be substantial opportunities to participate in this buildout along the way.

Here's some Telecom news from next door.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9HNEC680&show_article=1

Argentina orders Internet provider shut down
Aug 20 04:31 PM US/Eastern
By MICHAEL WARREN
Associated Press Writer

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentina's government on Friday ordered the closure one of the nation's three leading Internet providers, demanding that Grupo Clarin immediately inform "each and every one" of its more than 1 million customers that they have 90 days to find new ways of getting online.

The order says Grupo Clarin—which has grown through mergers to become one of Latin America's leading media companies—illegally absorbed the Fibertel company through its Cablevision subsidiary in January 2009 because it failed to obtain prior approval from the commerce secretary.

Cablevision denied that Friday, citing a previous approval obtained in 2003, and planned to appeal, accusing the government of continuing a campaign to stifle opposition viewpoints.

President Cristina Fernandez has made dismantling Grupo Clarin a priority of her government. A new law that has been challenged in court would force the company to break apart in a drive to dissolve media monopolies.

The immediate effect of taking Fibertel offline may actually reduce competition for high-speed Internet access in Argentina, where Cablevision competes with two major multinational telephone companies—Grupo Telecom and Telefonica SA. Together the three have roughly equal shares of an overall market that adds up to more than 4.2 million Internet connections.

While the government says there are more than 200 providers in Argentina, most have tiny market shares. Removing Fibertel would enable Telecom's Arnet and Telefonica's Speedy to reach nearly 90 percent of Argentina's Internet users between them, and in many locations in the country, customers would only have one of those two companies to choose from.

Cablevision and Fibertel called the order "illegal and arbitrary," and "one more step in a brutal campaign of persecution, attacks and hostility" that will result in a telecom duopoly.

Cablevision's chief executive, Carlos Moltini, said he's confident the courts will overturn the "crazy" order in an interview Friday with radio Mitre.


What happened? Grupo Clarin/Cablevision forgot the bribe?