VTR Globalcom
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VTR Banda Ancha S.A. is a Chile
an telecommunications company. It is the country's largest provider of cable television
with 890,345 subscribers (a 47.8% market share as of September 2010). It is also the second largest provider of
fixed broadband Internet access (38.5% market share) and fixed telephone
service (18.0%), behind Telefónica, as of October 2010. It is owned by the Liberty Global conglomerate
(80%) and Grupo Saieh (20%).
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an telecommunications company. It is the country's largest provider of cable television
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
with 890,345 subscribers (a 47.8% market share as of September 2010). It is also the second largest provider of
fixed broadband Internet access (38.5% market share) and fixed telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
service (18.0%), behind Telefónica, as of October 2010. It is owned by the Liberty Global conglomerate
Conglomerate (company)
A conglomerate is a combination of two or more corporations engaged in entirely different businesses that fall under one corporate structure , usually involving a parent company and several subsidiaries. Often, a conglomerate is a multi-industry company...
(80%) and Grupo Saieh (20%).