VTR (telecom company)

VTR Globalcom S.A.
Subsidiary of Liberty Global
Industry Telecommunications
Predecessor Vía Trans Radio Chilena
Founded 1928
Headquarters Av. Apoquindo Nº4800, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
Area served
 All regions of Chile
Key people
 David Leonard, Guillermo Ponce
Products Internet
Cable television
Telephony
mobile telephony
Parent Liberty Global
Website vtr.com

VTR Globalcom S.A. is a Chilean telecommunications company. It is the country's largest provider of subscription television, with 1,065,675 subscribers (32.8% market share, as of September 2017),[1] and of fixed broadband Internet access (38.0% share, as of September 2017).[2] It is also the second largest provider of fixed telephone service (20.0%, as of September 2017), behind Telefónica.[3] It also has a small but growing participation (0.90%, as of September 2017) in the mobile phone business.[4]

It is wholly owned by Liberty Global; Grupo Saieh's CorpGroup previously owned 20% until March 2014 when Liberty Global acquired the remaining 20% it didn't own.[5][6]

VTR also owns Bazuca.com, a video rental services company, and —together with Turner Broadcasting System— CNN Chile, a 24-hour news channel based in Santiago.[6]

References

  1. ↑ www.subtel.gob.cl/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1_SERIES_SERVICIOS_LIMITADOS_TV_SEP17_221117.xlsx
  2. ↑ http://www.subtel.gob.cl/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1_SERIES_CONEXIONES_INTERNET_FIJA_SEP17_211117.xlsx
  3. ↑ http://www.subtel.gob.cl/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1_SERIES_LINEAS_TELEFONICAS_SEP17_031117.xlsx
  4. ↑ http://www.subtel.gob.cl/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1_ABONADOS_MOVILES_SEP17_021117.xlsx
  5. ↑ "Liberty Global Acquires Remaining 20% of VTR, Chile's Largest Cable Operator" (PDF). Liberty Global. 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  6. 1 2 "Quiénes Somos". Vtr.com. Retrieved 2012-04-02.


Coordinates: 33°23′39″S 70°37′06″W / 33.39417°S 70.61833°W / -33.39417; -70.61833

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