Uruguay’s communications service provider Antel has rolled out commercial 4G LTE wireless network in country in December, 2011. The initial deployment is done in the area of Punta del Este and Maldonado, then will spread to other areas.

For this project Alcatel-Lucent provided Antel with a complete, end-to-end 4G LTE solution – including LTE base stations (eNodeBs), the IP wireless Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and Operations and Maintenance services. Antel will also be leveraging Alcatel-Lucent’s IP portfolio of products for backhaul of the mobile traffic.