Entel (Chile)

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Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A.

Company type	Sociedad Anónima
Traded as	BCS: ENTEL
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1964; 60 years ago (1964)
Headquarters	Santiago, Chile
Areas served	Chile Peru
Key people	Juan Hurtado Vicuña, (Chairman) Richard Büchi Buc, (CEO)
Products	Fixed line Mobile telephony Internet services digital television
Revenue	US$ 2.9 billion (2012)
Net income	US$ 348.6 million (2012)
Number of employees	4,505
Website	www.entel.cl

Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A. (doing business as Entel-Chile S.A.)^[1] is the largest Chilean telecommunications company. The company is known for the 127 meters (417 ft) high Torre Entel (Entel Tower) that rises above central Santiago and constitutes one of the city's landmarks.

As of December 2013 Entel PCS had 38.8% of the Chilean mobile market.^[2] It was the first American operator to launch a GSM mobile network in 1997. In 2000, the Entel PCS network offered support for GPRS and in 2003 it added EDGE support.