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摘要

According to BNamericas, Ecuador-based power company CentroSur is rolling out an optical fiber ring in Cuenca for supporting the introduction of broadband services this year. The utility is likely to receive its telecom licenses this year and is contemplating spending around $2 million to launch broadband access Internet on a hybrid network powered by wireless, fiberoptic, and broadband-over-powerline (BPL) technologies. CentroSur is planning to sign up 15,000 high-speed users in the first phase, extending broadband Internet to Canar, Azuay, and Motona Santiago in the subsequent phase. Ecuadorian telecoms supervisory body Supertel calculates that as of June 30, 2008, the country s fixed line teledensity reached 13.3 percent, as telcos reported a total of 1.845 million lines in service by that date. Andinatel is the largest provider, with 53.15 percent of lines, followed by Pacifictel (38.9 percent), ETAPA (6.40 percent), Setel (1.15 percent), Linkotel (0.23 percent), Ecuador Telecom (Ecutel, 0.11 percent), and Etapatelecom (0.07 percent).