On March 25, 2026, the Chilean Telecommunications Authority (SUBTEL) issued an announcement announcing the expansion of mobile phone direct-to-cellular (D2C) services. The operator Entel provides services to Chile based on the Starlink constellation. SUBTEL said Chile was the first country in Latin America and the fifth in the world to allow the use of satellite data for text messaging and app transmission. The other four countries are the United States, New Zealand, Japan and Canada.

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