Vodafone to enter Chile through Entel PCS

Vodafone and Chile’s Entel PCS have signed a strategic alliance that will see the UK operator’s products and services made available for the local operator’s six million Chilean subscribers.

Entel PCS will have access to specific Vodafone knowledge and expertise under the partner market agreement while subscribers will benefit from selected Vodafone roaming and access to business and consumer products, push-email devices, Vodafone branded handsets and mobile broadband USB modems.

Vodafone partner markets CEO, Hatem Dowidar, commented that the agreement would enable Vodafone to increase its brand recognition and extend its product range to one of the most developed markets in Latin America.