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Financial Statements - Entel

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EMPRESA NACIONAL DE TELECOMUNICACIONES S.A. & SUBSIDIARIESNOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)For Translation Purposes Only1. COMPANY INFORMATIONa) The <strong>Entel</strong> GroupEmpresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A. (Tax ID 92.580.000-7), is constituted and domiciledin the Republic of Chile. The address of its head office is Avenida Andrés Bello 2687, piso 14, LasCondes, Santiago, Chile.It is the parent company of the <strong>Entel</strong> Group included in these consolidated financial statements.It is an indefinitely constituted public limited company, subject to regulation by the ChileanSecurities and Insurance Supervisor (Reg. No. 162). Its shares are listed in the Register of Securitiesand traded on the national stock market.The controlling shareholder of <strong>Entel</strong>–Chile S.A. is Inversiones Altel Ltda. (Tax ID 76.242.520-3),which owns 54.76% of stock in circulation. Almendral S.A. (Tax ID 94.270.000-8) directly andindirectly controls 99.99% of Altel Ltda.Almendral S.A. is controlled by a group of shareholders who signed a joint interest agreement onJanuary 25, 2005. The agreement was signed by the Matte, Fernández León, Hurtado Vicuña,Consorcio, Izquierdo and Gianoli groups.The subsidiaries included in the consolidated financial statements are domiciled both in Chile andabroad, with details provided in Note 3 a).Subsidiaries based in Chile are represented by private limited companies not subject to regulationby the Chilean Securities and Insurance Supervisor; as such, their shares are not traded orregistered in the Register of Securities.However, in line with legal requirements for public telecommunications concession holders, thesubsidiaries <strong>Entel</strong> PCS Telecomunicaciones S.A., Micarrier Telecomunicaciones S.A., and TransamTelecomunicaciones S.A. are registered in the Chilean Securities and Insurance Supervisor SpecialRegister (Nos 33, 247, and 232, respectively). Companies registered in this special register aresubject to the same regulations as public limited companies in terms of market information anddisclosure, except for a requirement to provide interim financial statements on a quarterly basis.The Group’s workforce totaled 8,307 as of December 31, 2012 and averaged 7,771 in 2012.b) Business ActivitiesThe activities undertaken by the Group companies involve mobile telecommunication services,including voice, value added services, data, broadband and mobile Internet. The companies alsoprovide wireline services for integrated solutions for data network services, local telephonyservices, Internet access, long-distance public telephone services, IT services (data center, businessprocess outsourcing and business continuity), infrastructure, network leasing and wholesale traffic.The Group also provides call center services to enterprises and to related companies.These activities are primarily undertaken in Chile. Activities outside Chile are carried out by twocompanies operating in Peru that provide wireline and call center services.–1–

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