Telcos work with minister to establish emergency framework

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Telecommunications News - Friday, March 26, 2010

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* Telcos work with minister to establish emergency framework - Chile

Chile's transport and telecommunications minister Felipe Morandé has met with the country's main telcos to set up a work group to develop technologies that will enable a faster response to problems experienced with telecoms networks following the recent earthquake and energy blackout, local daily La Nación reported.

The telcos included Movistar, Entel, Claro, Nextel, VTR and Telmex.

"We're going to work with the main players in this industry to find the technical tools to ensure communications ... more
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