Grid Rental Sites on the role of macro sites, DAS & small cells in supporting Chile’s booming mobile market

Maximo Parraguez Diaz started his career in telecoms with Claro Chile where he was in charge of the company’s site acquisition projects. Since then, he has gained further experience in companies like Swedcom and NSN. He is currently CEO of Grid Rental Sites, a Chilean company actively involved in the deployment of new infrastructure, installation of small cell and DAS and site maintenance.

Thanks to Maximo’s long standing experience in the country, we are able to offer our readers a snapshot of the Chilean wireless market, its challenges and the many opportunities ahead.

TowerXchange: Maximo, tell us about your company and its activities in Chile

Grid Rental Sites was created in 2009 and has since been very active in site acquisition, housing of cell sites, facilities management, engineering services and development of infrastructure for major carriers in Chile.