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VTR (telecom company)

VTR (telecom company) is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand VTR (telecom company) rather than just read about it. In short: VTR (Vía Trans Radio Comunicaciones SpA) is a Chilean telecommunications company. It is the country's largest provider of subscription television, with 1,065,675 subscribers (32.8% market share, as of September 2017), and of fixed broadband Internet access (38.0% share, as of September 2017).

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

VTR (Vía Trans Radio Comunicaciones SpA) is a Chilean telecommunications company. It is the country's largest provider of subscription television, with 1,065,675 subscribers (32.8% market share, as of September 2017), and of fixed broadband Internet access (38.0% share, as of September 2017). It is also the second largest provider of fixed telephone service (20.0%, as of September 2017), behind Telefónica. It also has a small but growing market share (0.90%, as of September 2017) in the mobile phone business.

History The company was founded in 1928 as Vía Trans Radio Chilena Compañía de Radiotelegrafía, as a joint investment in the country made by Radio Corporation of America, the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, the Compagnie générale de la télégraphie sans fil (after 1968 Thomson-CSF) and Telefunken. Vía Trans Radio Chilena started off as a provider of domestic and international radiotelegraphy and later a provider of telex services. In the 1980s, VTR started to offer automatic direct dialling, fax and data transmission. In 1986, Thomson-CSF sold its 25% stake in VTR to Antofagasta plc, part of the Grupo Luksic conglomerate. In 1993, VTR launched its pay-television and mobile telephony services with the launch of Telecable Sur SA (cable television), its acquisition of Maxivisión (MMDS wireless cable) and the launch with Compañía de Teléfonos de Chile (CTC) of the mobile network Startel. Since 2014, VTR is wholly owned by Liberty Latin America following the split of Liberty Latin America from Liberty Global effective December 29, 2017; Grupo Saieh's CorpGroup previously owned 20% until March 2014 when Liberty Global acquired the remaining 20% it did not own. VTR also owned Bazuca.com, a now-defunct video rental services company, and —together with Turner Broadcasting System— CNN Chile, a 24-hour news channel based in Santiago, until 2016, when it was bought entirely by WarnerMedia Latin America.

Merger After a massive post-pandemic customer flight due to several high-profile outages, at the end of September 2021, VTR announced the establishment of a joint-venture with Claro Chile in a joint statement from Liberty Latin América and América Móvil, parent companies of both companies; The new joint company was called ClaroVTR. In October 2022, the Fiscalía Nacional Económica (National Economic Prosecutor's Office) authorized the merger, but demanding the sale of the satellite television business operated by Claro, given the historical prohibition of the same FNE that has prevented VTR since 2004 offer such services.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with VTR (telecom company)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what VTR (telecom company) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to VTR (telecom company) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about VTR (telecom company) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of VTR (telecom company)

In research: VTR (telecom company) appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses VTR (telecom company) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: VTR (telecom company) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Cable television companies, Chilean companies established in 1928, Companies based in Santiago, Chile, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for VTR (telecom company) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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