Nuevatel PCS de Bolivia S.A.
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| Sociedad Anónima | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded 📆 | November 11, 1999 |
| Founder 👔 | COMTECO |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , Bolivia |
Number of locations | More than 1000 points |
Area served 🗺️ | .svg){kind=small} Bolivia |
Key people | Tomás Pérez-Ducy General Manager |
| Products 📟 | mobile telephony, mobile internet, Mobile Wallet |
| Owner | .svg){kind=small} Trilogy Internacional Partners (71,5%) COMTECO (28,5%) |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| Subsidiaries | Fundación VIVA |
| 🌐 Website | www |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
The Telecommunications Company Nuevatel PCS de Bolivia S.A., better known as VIVA, is a telecommunications operator of Bolivia. It was founded in 1999. It is currently among the largest companies in the country. Its specialty is in cell phone coverage in Bolivia.[1]
History
Nuevatel PCS was founded in 1999 from the investments of Western Wireless with 72% and COMTECO with 28% and began operations a year later.
On January 9, 2005, Western Wireless entered into a merger agreement with Little Rock, Arkansas-based telecommunications provider Alltel in which Alltel agreed to pay $ 6 billion in stock - and - cash to Western Wireless shareholders. Western Wireless shareholders voted on July 29, 2005, eleven years after Western Wireless' incorporation, to accept a $ 4.4 billion stock and cash offer from Alltel. The merger was closed on August 1, 2005. With this, a company attached to Viva, through Trilogy International Partners.
Nuevatel is the third largest mobile phone provider in Bolivia, with a 24% market share as of 2017. Trilogy has a 72% stake in the company, the remaining 28% belongs to the local cooperative COMTECO telephony.[2]
References
- ↑ AGETIC, ed. (2018). Estado TIC (PDF) (in español). Editorial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia. Search this book on
- ↑ https://asfi.gob.bo[dead link]
External links
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Category:Telecommunications companies of Bolivia
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