Pacífico Cable obtains fixed internet concession for 43 localities in Coquimbo

The Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, through the Undersecretariat of Telecommunications, granted the company Pacífico Cable SpA the public telecommunications service concession for the Coquimbo Zonal Project, code FDT-2025-01-COQ. The decision is contained in Decree No. 46, issued on September 25, 2026, and published in the Official Gazette No. 44,595 on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, in Section II, with official reference CVE 2897975.

The concession enables the specific provision of data transmission—fixed internet access—for a validity period of 30 years starting from the publication of the decree. The company, with RUT No. 96.722.400-6 and address at Avenida Alonso de Córdova No. 3788, 6th floor, office 61-b, commune of Vitacura, is authorized to install, operate, and exploit transport networks, interconnection nodes, and user terminal equipment throughout all the committed localities.

The project is part of the public tender “Enabling of telecommunications services for the Los Lagos and Coquimbo regions”, code FDT-2025-01, whose specific terms were approved by exempt resolution No. 1,074 of 2025, modified by exempt resolution No. 1,318 of 2025. The proposal was submitted by the consortium composed of Pacífico Cable SpA and DB Terra Chile Holdco SpA.

100 Gbps transport network and eleven interconnection nodes

The decree authorizes eleven transport networks, identified from RT-COQ-01 to RT-COQ-11, each with a download and upload access speed of 100 Gbps. Each network is linked to an interconnection node, from NI-COQ-01 to NI-COQ-11, and to a destination POP-OLT point, from POP-COQ-001 to POP-COQ-011.

The nodes are located in the following localities, with their respective communes:

• El Maitén (Illapel), La Ligua (Combarbalá) and Comunidad Agrícola Histórica Jiménez y Tapia (Combarbalá).
• Morro Alegre (Punitaqui) and Polla Alta (Vicuña).
• Illapel (Illapel) and Canela Alta (Canela).
• Vicuña (Vicuña), Chungungo (La Higuera) and Caleta Los Hornos (La Higuera).
• Samo Alto (Río Hurtado).

The service area comprises the Coquimbo Region, with a minimum service area of 43 reference polygons associated with the committed localities. Georeferencing is available on the Undersecretariat’s tender website.

43 localities in the provinces of Elqui, Choapa, and Limarí

The concession covers 43 localities, of which 26 correspond to enforceable commitments and 17 to additional commitments. Among the enforceable ones are Cutún, El Molle, Polla Alta 1, Polla Alta 2, Canelilla, El Huacho, El Sauce, El Monte, El Soruco, Manquegua, Media Luna, Canelillo Bajo, Canelillo Alto, Cañas de Michio Norte, Doña Juana, Coyuntagua, Camarico Chico, Chalinga, El Espinal, Quilitapia, La Colorada, El Almendral, San Marcos, La Ligua, El Toro, and Quebrada de Talca.

The additional localities include Punta de Choros, Los Choros, Chungungo, Punta Colorada, Huanta, Paiguano, Samo Alto, Hurtado, La Compañía, El Tambo, Huatulame, Unión Campesina, Islón, Choapa, Las Cañas II (Oriente), Pichasca, and El Arrayán. The coverage is distributed among the communes of La Serena, Vicuña, Canela, Combarbalá, Illapel, Punitaqui, Ovalle, La Higuera, Paiguano, Río Hurtado, Salamanca, and Monte Patria.

1,000 megas plan at $14,990 and deployment deadlines

The committed public service offer includes the Home Plan “1,000 Megas Plan”, with a maximum monthly cost of $14,990 (Chilean pesos, VAT included). The plan considers a post-paid payment method, national download and upload speeds of 1 Gbps, 1:1 symmetry, an aggregation rate of 1:75, and a packet loss rate of less than 1%.

The user terminal equipment must have a 10-Gigabit Ethernet port, four Gigabit Ethernet ports, dual-band WiFi 6 at 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz, and compatibility with the ITU-T G.9807 recommendation or higher.

Regarding deadlines, counted from the publication of the decree, the start of works is set at 14 months, the completion of works at 24 months, and the start of service at 26 months. The mandatory period for the requirements of the bidding terms is 10 years. The control and monitoring center will be located in Concepción, while the subscriber service office, point of sale, and payment and recharge point will operate at Arturo Prat N° 521, La Serena.

The subsidy assigned to the project amounts to $792,245,891. The award was agreed upon in the LXXXIX Session of the Telecommunications Development Council, on March 2, 2026, and communicated via official letter Ord. N° 3439, dated March 6, 2026. The decree bears the signature of Minister Louis de Grange Concha, by order of the President of the Republic, and was transcribed by Undersecretary Romina Garrido Iglesias.

The entry into force of this concession expands the fixed internet infrastructure in rural and semi-rural communes of the Coquimbo Region, where several of the benefited localities lack an offer of high-capacity transport networks. The deployment of eleven 100 Gbps networks and the service obligation for three decades establish a long-term connectivity commitment for the provinces of Elqui, Choapa, and Limarí.

Source: Official Gazette of the Republic of Chile, No. 44,595, November 10, 2026, Section II, pp. 1-7 (official reference: CVE 2897975).