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Metropolitan areas to be connected by Redes Metro project
A high-speed highway based on high-capacity fiber will connect the metropolitan areas in Colombia , Chile and Peru .
InterNexa , a leading telecommunications and IT company , will begin the implementation of Redes Metro , a new metropolitan network project for the cities of Bogotá and Medellín in Colombia , Lima in Peru and Santiago in Chile .
For this project , the company foresees investments close to US $ 20 million . The figure considers its deployment and subsequent development since the networks will be equipped with high-capacity fibers .
Jaime Alberto Peláez , General Manager and CEO , InterNexa , said : “ The purpose is to build the highway and use it as we obtain our clients and give them the specialized solution they require , as we have always been doing .”
The company expects that the complete deployment of 1,300km of fiber optics will take between one and two years . The project will be done in sections as it progresses through each city .
Redes Metro will be initially implemented in commercial and industrial areas , free zones and shopping centers , among others , in Bogotá , Medellín , Lima and Santiago because they are cities in which InterNexa has a robust presence and some metropolitan ring roads go through the industrial and commercial areas of each of these cities .
For example , in Peru 70 % of the business sector is in the city of Lima and that is why there is a focus on developing these networks .
Jaime Alberto Peláez , General Manager and CEO , InterNexa
An innovative network
The purpose of the project aims to serve the 5G market that is emerging in the cellular and mobile telephony sector .
“ The aim is to reach the corporate market with its network , ensuring the quality of service from beginning to end , avoiding the risks of the quality of a third party ’ s network and achieving a better and more efficient management of costs , which results in a better negotiation rate with the client ,” said Peláez .
Redes Metro is designed to be integrated into a group of complementary services in which , in principle , premium connectivity is provided throughout Latin America , so that the headquarters of the companies are connected through their network with their headquarters , branches and places of interest . p
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