Claro Chile, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the América Móvil group, has joined hands with Nokia Siemens Networks to launch commercial long term evolution services in Chile.

The vendor has provided the radio and core network and services for the operator’s 4G network. Under the contract, Nokia Siemens Networks provided an LTE radio access network featuring its flexi multiradio 10 base stations. This is a single radio access network base station for GSM, 3G, and LTE networks. It facilitates a site upgrade to LTE using the company’s NetAct management system.

To complete the LTE network, the company also deployed its evolved packet core (EPC) network to help the operator accommodate increasing data traffic over its network.