In the last hours, Lacalle said that “the past government and the previous one put fiber in Pocitos, Buceo, Malvín and Punta del Este. Where is this government going to put it? In Casavalle”.
The president’s expressions did not sit well with the main figures from the Front who responded immediately, including the former president of ANTEL, former Minister of Industry and current mayor of Montevideo, Carolina Cosse, who said that the president was uninformed.
From the Single Union of Telecommunications (SUTEL) a statement was issued in which it is stated that there is a “clear ignorance and lack of respect for ANTEL workers”, by Lacalle.
was wrong or lied
For his part, the president of the Broad Front, Fernando Pereira, said that the Broad Front installed more than 900 kilometers of fiber optics per year, while the current government installed just over 180, which gives a ratio of five to one.
“What the government has to say is that it was wrong. It is a lie, the president in general does not lie, but this is a lie,” Pereira remarked in statements to “Arriba Gente.”
According to the telecommunications services market report published every six months by the Communication Services Regulatory Unit (URSEC), and released by the FA, ANTEL’s public fiber optic service “had 11,770 km deployed in December 2019 and reached 12,1238 km. km in December 2021”. In addition, it is shown that the annual average of fiber optic deployment between one government and another is 980 km/year during the Front administrations and 184 km/year today:
