The past year was marked by the progressive “return to normality”, with classes and face-to-face work, in addition to the return to massive festivals without a limited capacity and the end of the mask.
Regarding technology, 2022 stood out for the deployment of the 5G network, where Entel reached 100% of its first stage before the first year and managed to be present in all regions and in 270 communes and with more than one million customers enabled to use this new technology.
What has not changed is the trend of mobile telephony users throughout the country in terms of the increasing use of their cell phones and data traffic devices.
A new analysis conducted by Entel of the consumption behavior of its customers showed, as has been the trend for several years, that during 2022 the use of mobile data, whether for work, entertainment or education, grew by 33% nationwide. Among the regions with the highest growth, comparing December 2021 with December 2022, the three regions of the Norte Grande; Tarapacá, Antofagasta and Arica and Parinacota stand out, with strong increases of 78%, 72% and 68% respectively.
“For Entel, 2022 was a year of much work and very important in terms of connectivity, as we strengthened our mobile network in thousands of locations, especially those furthest away from urban centers and requiring greater digital connectivity, as is the case of Puerto Williams, where we delivered the southernmost 5G network in the world last November. We are the leaders in 5G connections in Chile and the rapid deployment and investment we have made has also allowed us to significantly strengthen the 4G infrastructure. This is why mobile data traffic continues to rise, because we have provided people with more and better connectivity throughout the country”, said Entel’s manager of regulation and corporate affairs, Manuel Araya.
Traffic peaks and main applications
The weekend of November 12 and 13 was a particularly busy one in Santiago. In the middle of spring, Saturday night it rained heavily with hail and a thunderstorm that surprised everyone in the capital. At almost midnight, in addition, in the O’Higgins Region, there was a strong earthquake of 6.2 degrees that frightened the inhabitants and some began to evacuate. In this context, Sunday, November 13 was the peak of mobile data traffic of the year. On that day, Club Deportivo Magallanes won the Chile Cup and the Primavera Sound festival closed, with Travis Scott and Björk as main artists.
On the other hand, the peak of voice traffic was on March 7, when international news announced that Russia called a ceasefire after a full week of attacks and that a humanitarian corridor was negotiated so that Ukrainian people could leave the invaded areas.
On the other hand, regarding the use of applications, Entel’s analysis showed that 80% of the total traffic is concentrated in only six apps: Instagram (20%), Youtube (16%), Facebook (14%), Netflix (10%), and TikTok (10%), and browser searches represented 10% of the total traffic. Thus, social networks and streaming continue to dominate users’ data consumption and usage.
This is further reinforced by the type of applications that grew the most. Social networking apps grew by 24%, streaming apps by 22% and, due to the greater displacement in a year without quarantines, transport apps increased by 21%.
31 Ene, 2023
The past year was marked by the progressive “return to normality”, with classes and face-to-face work, in addition to the return to massive festivals without a limited capacity and the end of the mask.
Regarding technology, 2022 stood out for the deployment of the 5G network, where Entel reached 100% of its first stage before the first year and managed to be present in all regions and in 270 communes and with more than one million customers enabled to use this new technology.
What has not changed is the trend of mobile telephony users throughout the country in terms of the increasing use of their cell phones and data traffic devices.
A new analysis conducted by Entel of the consumption behavior of its customers showed, as has been the trend for several years, that during 2022 the use of mobile data, whether for work, entertainment or education, grew by 33% nationwide. Among the regions with the highest growth, comparing December 2021 with December 2022, the three regions of the Norte Grande; Tarapacá, Antofagasta and Arica and Parinacota stand out, with strong increases of 78%, 72% and 68% respectively.
“For Entel, 2022 was a year of much work and very important in terms of connectivity, as we strengthened our mobile network in thousands of locations, especially those furthest away from urban centers and requiring greater digital connectivity, as is the case of Puerto Williams, where we delivered the southernmost 5G network in the world last November. We are the leaders in 5G connections in Chile and the rapid deployment and investment we have made has also allowed us to significantly strengthen the 4G infrastructure. This is why mobile data traffic continues to rise, because we have provided people with more and better connectivity throughout the country”, said Entel’s manager of regulation and corporate affairs, Manuel Araya.
Traffic peaks and main applications
The weekend of November 12 and 13 was a particularly busy one in Santiago. In the middle of spring, Saturday night it rained heavily with hail and a thunderstorm that surprised everyone in the capital. At almost midnight, in addition, in the O’Higgins Region, there was a strong earthquake of 6.2 degrees that frightened the inhabitants and some began to evacuate. In this context, Sunday, November 13 was the peak of mobile data traffic of the year. On that day, Club Deportivo Magallanes won the Chile Cup and the Primavera Sound festival closed, with Travis Scott and Björk as main artists.
On the other hand, the peak of voice traffic was on March 7, when international news announced that Russia called a ceasefire after a full week of attacks and that a humanitarian corridor was negotiated so that Ukrainian people could leave the invaded areas.
On the other hand, regarding the use of applications, Entel’s analysis showed that 80% of the total traffic is concentrated in only six apps: Instagram (20%), Youtube (16%), Facebook (14%), Netflix (10%), and TikTok (10%), and browser searches represented 10% of the total traffic. Thus, social networks and streaming continue to dominate users’ data consumption and usage.
This is further reinforced by the type of applications that grew the most. Social networking apps grew by 24%, streaming apps by 22% and, due to the greater displacement in a year without quarantines, transport apps increased by 21%.
The past year was marked by the progressive “return to normality”, with classes and face-to-face work, in addition to the return to massive festivals without a limited capacity and the end of the mask.
Regarding technology, 2022 stood out for the deployment of the 5G network, where Entel reached 100% of its first stage before the first year and managed to be present in all regions and in 270 communes and with more than one million customers enabled to use this new technology.
What has not changed is the trend of mobile telephony users throughout the country in terms of the increasing use of their cell phones and data traffic devices.
A new analysis conducted by Entel of the consumption behavior of its customers showed, as has been the trend for several years, that during 2022 the use of mobile data, whether for work, entertainment or education, grew by 33% nationwide. Among the regions with the highest growth, comparing December 2021 with December 2022, the three regions of the Norte Grande; Tarapacá, Antofagasta and Arica and Parinacota stand out, with strong increases of 78%, 72% and 68% respectively.
“For Entel, 2022 was a year of much work and very important in terms of connectivity, as we strengthened our mobile network in thousands of locations, especially those furthest away from urban centers and requiring greater digital connectivity, as is the case of Puerto Williams, where we delivered the southernmost 5G network in the world last November. We are the leaders in 5G connections in Chile and the rapid deployment and investment we have made has also allowed us to significantly strengthen the 4G infrastructure. This is why mobile data traffic continues to rise, because we have provided people with more and better connectivity throughout the country”, said Entel’s manager of regulation and corporate affairs, Manuel Araya.
Traffic peaks and main applications
The weekend of November 12 and 13 was a particularly busy one in Santiago. In the middle of spring, Saturday night it rained heavily with hail and a thunderstorm that surprised everyone in the capital. At almost midnight, in addition, in the O’Higgins Region, there was a strong earthquake of 6.2 degrees that frightened the inhabitants and some began to evacuate. In this context, Sunday, November 13 was the peak of mobile data traffic of the year. On that day, Club Deportivo Magallanes won the Chile Cup and the Primavera Sound festival closed, with Travis Scott and Björk as main artists.
On the other hand, the peak of voice traffic was on March 7, when international news announced that Russia called a ceasefire after a full week of attacks and that a humanitarian corridor was negotiated so that Ukrainian people could leave the invaded areas.
On the other hand, regarding the use of applications, Entel’s analysis showed that 80% of the total traffic is concentrated in only six apps: Instagram (20%), Youtube (16%), Facebook (14%), Netflix (10%), and TikTok (10%), and browser searches represented 10% of the total traffic. Thus, social networks and streaming continue to dominate users’ data consumption and usage.
This is further reinforced by the type of applications that grew the most. Social networking apps grew by 24%, streaming apps by 22% and, due to the greater displacement in a year without quarantines, transport apps increased by 21%.