Raylex, Our History

Today we celebrate 54 years of Raylex, remembering its history and milestones

Who we are

From our beginnings Raylex develops highly complex turnkey projects, delivering creative, efficient and flexible solutions in all our projects. We adapt to the requirements of each of our clients, expanding and growing in the market segments where we carry out our activities, especially in the Electricity, Fixed and Mobile Telephony, Government and Mining areas.

Some Milestones

• 1967, Raylex Ltda. Starts its activities, with the purpose of developing, "Technical Services of Engineering and Maintenance in the branch of Electronics and Aeronautics - Imports and Exports".

• 1970, Engineering and prototypes are developed and one of the first solid-state televisions is patented for its manufacture in Chile and its licensing for other Latin American countries.

• 1977, One of the first Microwave Networks of its kind at a national level is built, with a length of more than 1500 kilometers.

• 1980, One of the first RCA TK-47 color cameras is introduced to the national television market.

• 1982, We develop the engineering and implement the mobile communications network, UHF, VHF and HF, which remains in operation to this day.

• 1985, We started the commercialization, distribution and implementation of Solar Panels.

• 1987, We implemented the Conaf National Communications Network.

• 1990, We built the first National Digital Microwave Network, with more than 2,500 kilometers in length.

• 1991-2000, We designed and built the first rural telephone networks.

• 2011, We modernized the 3,500 kilometer long microwave network.

• 2003, We built for Transelec the telecommunications system for the 500 KV high voltage line, Ancoa, Charrúa.

• 2012, We implemented the first ROADM Network with an optical control plane in Chile.

• 2013, We supply and install, for Telefónica del Sur, high-capacity microwave links between the island of Chiloé and Chaitén.

• 2014, We execute large-scale projects in Indoor coverage, such as Costanera Center Towers two and four, Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez Airport, among others. Being the largest projects of its kind in Chile.

• 2016, We built a fiber optic cable in the Carén reservoir.

• 2017, We acquired and launched Harris's BeOn in Chile, the first national POC platform.

• 2018, We design, supply and build highly available and reliable microwave telecommunications networks for the operation of the Los Cóndores Hydroelectric Power Plant of Enel Generación Chile S.A..

• 2019-2020, we deployed the PRAT PROJECT, in which we were in charge of the provision, installation and configuration of a 3,500-kilometer-long submarine optical transport network between Arica and Puerto Montt.