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In August 2011, the second stage of the TodoChile Comunicado project to provide Internetand mobile telephone services to 1,474rural areas from Arica to Punta Arenas waslaunched in the area of Huape, 33 km fromValdivia The initiative will contribute to thequality of life of more than 3 million Chileans,connecting them to the rest of the countryand the world beyond.tOdo Chile ComunicadoprojEct_80Report 2011Closing the GapTodo Chile Comunicado is a public-private initiative that aimsto provide Internet access to more than 3 million Chileancitizens in 1,474 of the country’s rural areas.The project is made up of three phases that will be fullyoperational during the first half of 2012. It constitutes the mostsignificant connectivity challenge the country has ever seenand has been made possible thanks to a partnership betweenEntel and the Chilean government.1,474 areaswill have MBB and Mobile Internetconnections as a result of the plan.Todo Chile Comunicado requires investment of USD $110million, USD $65 million of which is provided by Enteland USD $45 million financed in equal parts by theTelecommunications Development Fund, administered bythe Department of Telecommunications, and the country’s 15regional governments.By the end of 2011, the project was 91% complete, thanks tothe enormous feats of technology and engineering in whichmore than 630 people have taken part and in which Entel’stechnology partner, Ericsson, has played a major role.91% progresson the project by the end of 2011.+ 3 millionpeople will benefit when the projectis completed in 2012.