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UFINET is a neutral fiber optic operator<\/strong> in the wholesale telecommunications market<\/strong>. It provides its services and connectivity through fiber optics in the Americas<\/strong>. The organization was born in 1998 as the telecommunications department of a Spanish multinational company called Uni\u00f3n Fenosa, which had been managing the telecommunications services required for the electricity operation.<\/p>\n

In 2000, UFINET began its period of expansion in Latin America<\/strong>, amalgamating with the electricity distribution companies that were acquired at that time by Union Fenosa. Today, UFINET is one of the largest fiber optic operators in Latin America, with more than 53,200 kilometers of fiber distributed in 17 countries and more than 20 years of experience.<\/p>\n

The company’s major expansion and growth is currently focused on Latin America, with a rapid deployment of fiber optics and presence between the three points of presence in the United States: in the Americas network access points in Miami, Florida, Los Angeles and 60 Hudson in New York.<\/p>\n

A leader driven by passion<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u00f1igo Garc\u00eda del Cerro Prieto is the CEO of UFINET<\/strong>. He is a telecommunications engineer from Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Madrid, an economist from Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Madrid, and also holds an MBA from IESE Business School, Spain.<\/p>\n

Prior to becoming CEO, Mr. Garc\u00eda del Cerro was Vice President of Business Development for UFINET<\/strong>, which focused primarily on the Spanish and Latin American markets. The main result of his professional career has been the exponential growth of the company itself, particularly in Central America, with a major deployment of an important fiber optic network and presence in more than 17 countries.<\/p>\n

Overall responsibility for strategic definition, international development and expansion, business plan implementation, strategic alliance design, as well as agreements and relationships with local partners, are the key roles and responsibilities held by Sr. Garc\u00eda del Cerro.<\/p>\n

Enabling Digital Empowerment<\/strong><\/p>\n

UFINET provideshigh bandwidth fiber optic connections for fast<\/strong> and securecapacity connectivity<\/strong> to provide backbone and network access services, backhaul and local loop, and national and international connections. The “full capacity” connectivity is delivered through more than 50,200kms of fiber optic network deployed with more than 200 connected nodes distributed throughout the country.<\/p>\n

UFINET’s fiber optic cable network has a complete infrastructure ready for customers who need to lease one, a pair or more strands of fiber optic cable<\/strong>, whether for small, medium or long distance requests. This type of service is most suitable for customers who require very high bandwidth connectivity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The company provides the dark fiber cable<\/strong> and the customer lights it according to his needs and with his own equipment. UFINET’s dark fiber installation has a permanent maintenance, in a preventive and routine approach, as well as in case of failure. UFINET connects its customers to the world through IP transit services that preserve its robust fiber-optic transport network and connections to major U.S. submarine cables and neutral points<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The organization’s satellite communication services enable two-way remote access to rural sites through highly available connections with minimal latency. Its technology can support critical services with low latency and traffic requirements, as well as services with high bandwidth or Internet access.<\/p>\n

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As a complementary part of the connectivity and capacity services<\/strong>, UFINET offers customers co-location services in several countries in Central, South and North America<\/strong>. This service is intended to facilitate interconnection between operators and\/or system integrators<\/strong>, accelerating the implementation of new links and offering high levels of availability and protection of installed equipment and services<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The company provides remote access services to customer equipment through its specialists and performs configuration, troubleshooting and maintenance tasks. In addition, it offers Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) for inventory management of equipment or spare parts required by the customer.<\/p>\n

When the Vision is to be a Neutral Telecommunications Infrastructure Operator<\/strong><\/p>\n

UFINET’s main vision is to be the neutral telecommunications infrastructure operator of reference<\/strong> worldwide, and the organization is working towards the goal much more intensively in the last three years. The company has significantly increased its internationalization<\/strong> through additional acquisitions<\/strong> and organic growth<\/strong> with a major global investment in fiber optics<\/strong> that has surpassed the $200 million mark.<\/p>\n

In 2017 and 2018, the organization was awarded by the MEF as the best wholesale operator in the CALA region (Caribbean and Latin America)<\/strong>, which fills UFINET with pride and satisfaction to continue working hard to improve the services it provides to Customers. In 2018, the organization was awarded the Global Carrier Community’s 2018 Latam Regional Operator of the Year<\/strong> award, and was also awarded by Frost & Sullivan as the 2018 Latin American Fiber Optic Wholesale Network Services Company<\/strong> of the Year.<\/p>\n

An immaculate game plan<\/strong><\/p>\n

UFINET’s strategy from 2000 to 2014 was to grow and consolidate Central America and Colombia<\/strong> as a key development region. However, in the last three years, it has focused on promoting and developing the South American territory<\/strong>, to turn it into an important growth lever due to the growing demand for broadband capacity, as well as investment in fiber optic networks.<\/p>\n

In addition, the organization has also carried out several inorganic operations to increase its presence, combined with several greenfield projects, which have resulted in the opening of new UFINET operations in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador and Mexico<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Challenges that can change the course of the industry.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to UFINET, as in most other industries, even the telecommunications industry faces several challenges, which are:<\/p>\n