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Personal Computers
The number of personal computers sold since 1989 has increased by a factor of four, with the total number installed annually exceeding 400,000 by 1994, when three out of 100 citizens owned a PC. In 1997, Chile imported 182,097 PCs, a 17.3 percent increase over 1996.
Market Highlights
Chile, although small, is one of the most developed and open economies in Latin America. The main suppliers, followed by Digital, Unisys, NCR, Olivetti, Dell and Hewlett-Packard. These ten leading brands compete for over 70 percent of the market.
In general, computer usage, particularly of personal computers, has become mainstream. They are seen anywhere and everywhere.
- Small and medium entrepreneurs are now eager customers of computer equipment.
- Computer technology is the basis for the modernization drive, led by the Internal Revenue Service (SII). All government agencies as well as regional and municipal authorities are under Chilean government pressure to modernize record and statistics keeping, information processing and public services, or are themselves interested in reaching these goals. All of these demand computers, peripherals, software, and accessories.
- Banking and financial services have always been eager to integrate new computer technologies, and to offer computerized services to customers. All local banks are financially strong, as are several foreign banks, including several European (French and Spanish) and U.S. (Citibank, American Express, BankBoston, Chase Manhattan, and Republic National) banks.
- Industry and mining, Chile's largest sectors, began several years ago to move towards networked computer systems rather than large mainframes. This trend together with the home-office/family-use market marks the area of main interest to computer and related equipment suppliers.
Key Contacts
- ACER CHILE
- ADVANCED COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES S.A.
- AMPLITEL LTDA.
- ANDES INDUSTRIAL LTDA.
- APPLE CHILE - AXIS S.A.
- ASICOM S.A.
- ASC S.A. - Avanzados Sistemas de Conocimientos S.A.
- ATARI
- BECE CHILE LTDA.
- BIGSA S.A.
- BINARIA S.A.
- CIENTEC COMPUTACION S.A.
- CIENTEC S.A.
- CIISA - BARROS, HOLGADO Y PEREZ LTDA.
- COASIN-CHILE LTDA.
- COELSA COMPUTACION Y ELECTRONICA S.A.
- COMPAQ CHILE S.A.
- COMPUTERAGE LTDA.
- COMPUTERLAND (Chile)
- COVENCO
- DATA GENERAL CHILE S.A.
- DATA SYSTEMS
- DEMCO DISTRIBUIDORA DE EQUIPAMIENTO COMPUTACIONAL DE OFICINAS
- DICEC LTDA. INFORMATICA INTEGRAL
- DICSACOM EMPRESA CONSTRUCTORA Y DISENO DE SALAS DE COMPUTACION
- ECONSA - EQUIPOS CONTABLES S.A.
- EPSON CHILE S.A.
- FACT INGENIERIA S.A.
- FINALDATA LTDA. - Servicios de Computacion
- HARDWARE EXPRESS (Baeza y Robba Ltda.)
- HEWLETT PACKARD DE CHILE S.A.
- HEWSTER S.A.
- HOLZMANN INGENIERIA ELECTRICA LTDA.
- HOST CHILE S.A.
- IBM DE CHILE S.A.C.
- IMAGEX
- IMEX ESTADO LTDA. DIVISION COMPUTACION E INFORMATICA
- IMPRESION UNO
- INDUSTRIA ELECTRONICA ELCA
- INFOCENTRO CHILE S.A.
- INFOMARKET LTDA.
- INGRAM MICRO CHILE
- INPRISE CORPORATION
- INSIDE LTDA. INGENIERIA SISTEMAS Y DESARROLLO LTDA.
- INTEREXPORT TELECOMUNICACIONES S.A.
- INTERACCESS S.A.
- KORES CHILENA S.A.I.y.C.
- LOGICA S.A.
- MAGENTA COMPUTACION S.A.
- MARKVISION CHILE S.A.
- MATRIX COMPUTACION S.A.
- MICROCARE LTDA.
- MICROCOMPUTADORES S.A.
- MICROGEO - MICROCOMPUTACION Y GEODESIA LTDA.
- NCR Chile S.A.
- NORTH SUPPLY CHILE S.A.
- OFICENTRO
- OLIVETTI DE CHILE S.A.
- OPTIMISA S.A.
- ORDEN GESTION S.A.
- PROCESAC
- RAMOS Y CIA. LTDA., BORIS
- RIMPEX CHILE LTDA.
- SANYO DE CHILE LTDA.
- SEACON LTDA.
- SERCO COMPUTACION S.A.
- SERCODATA LTDA.
- SIDEI INGENIEROS LTDA.
- SISTECO - SISTEMAS DE COMPUTACION S.A
- SISTEMAS DIGITALES S.A.
- SISTEMAS INTEGRALES LTDA.
- SONDA LTDA.
- ST COMPUTACION LTDA.
- SYNAPSIS S.A.
- TANDEM CHILE S.A.
- TECHNOSYSTEMS ELECTRONIC CHILE S.A.
- TECNOLOGIA INTEGRAL
- TECNOPOLIS
- TEKNICA CHILE S.A.
- TEKNOS S.A.
- TERABYTE LTDA.
- UNISYS (CHILE) CORPORATION
- UPGRADE (CHILE) S.A.
- WANG Export Service, Inc.
COMPUTER SECTOR PUBLICATIONS
- COMPUTACION (Suplemento de Estrategia)
- COMPUTERWORLD CHILE
- INFORMATICA - Revista de Computacion y Sistemas Publicaciones en Computacion
- PC MAGAZINE
- PUNTO DE VENTA
- UNISYS NEWS (Brochure)
- GERENCIA Y SISTEMAS & CHANNEL NEWS
Authorities And Research Contacts
- GRUPO INFORMATICO INTERMINISTERIAL (Interministerial Information Technology Group)
- MINISTERIO SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO (Government Secretary General Ministry) Unidad Planificacion y Desarrollo (Planning and Development)
- COMISION NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Y TECNOLOGICAS (CONICYT) (National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research)
- COMISION ASESORA PRESIDENCIAL EN MATERIAS CIENTIFICAS (Presidential Advisory Commission for Scientific Matters)
- UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE Direccion de Informatica y Comunicaciones (Catholic University Information and Communication Directorate) Tecnologias de Gestion (Management Technologies)
- MINISTERIO DE EDUCACION PUBLICA Programa Mece - Proyecto Enlaces
- UNIVERSIDAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA INFORMATICA (Information Sciences University)
- COMITE INTERMINISTERIAL PARA LA MODERNIZACION DE LA GESTION PUBLICA (Interministerial Committee for the Modernization of Public Management)
- COMISION NACIONAL DE NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS DE LA INFORMACION Y COMUNICACION (National Commission for New Information Technologies and Communications)
- UNIDAD DE TECNOLOGIA DE LA INFORMACION Y COMUNICACIONES UTIC (Information Technology and Communication Unit)