Setting the Latin pace

While not the largest market in the region, Chile continues to earn its reputation as a testing ground for new services and regulatory approaches. In the long distance sector, Chile operators tackles the unified billing, which is one of the most persistent problems resulting from the multi-carrier systems. Chilean data communications providers are also setting a technological precedent in Latin America by implementing Internet Protocol (IP) over ATM technology for multipoint connectivity over an integrated approach. Internet access, mobile markets and data communications present the best prospects for growth during the 1999-2004 period.