CNT deploys 135,000 lines in first year

BNamericas reports that Ecuadorian state-owned national PSTN operator Corporacion Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CNT) added 135,000 fixed lines during its first year of operation since the merger of regional telcos Andinatel and Pacifictel in November 2008, according to TeleGeography CommsUpdate.

The company has approximately 1.8 million subscribers nationwide, after spending capital expenditures of around USD258 million in 2009 and focusing on increasing coverage in areas including the Austro and Amazonia regions, according to local reports.

CNT’s overall aim is to increase fixed line penetration to 18 percent of the population by the end of this year.