List of telecommunications companies in the Americas

A telecommunications company (historically known as a telephone company) is a company which provides broadband and/or telephony services.

The telecommunications companies of the Americas are listed below:

Argentina

Fixed-line operators

• Claro (América Móvil)
• Movistar (Telefónica)
• Personal (Telecom Argentina)

Mobile operators

• Claro (América Móvil)
• Movistar (Telefónica)
• Personal (Telecom Argentina)

Aruba

Fixed-line operators

• SetarNV

Mobile operators

• Digicel (Digicel Group)
• SetarNV

Bahamas

Fixed-line operators

• Liberty Latin America as BTC

Mobile operators

• BTC
• aliv

Barbados

Fixed-line operators

• Liberty Latin America as LIME (Cable & Wireless Communications)

Mobile operators

• Digicel (Barbados) Limited (Digicel Group)
• Ozone Wireless
• WiNET

Belize

Fixed-line operators

• Belize Telemedia
• Speednet Communications Limited

Mobile operators

• Belize Telemedia
• Speednet Communications Limited
• IBASIS
• C&W NETWORKS

Bolivia

Fixed-line operators

National operators

• Entel (ENTEL S.A.) (private, over 97% shares owned by )
• AXS (AXS Bolivia S.A.) (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, La Paz and Cochabamba only)

Regional cooperatives

• (La Paz Department)
• (Cochabamba Department)
• COTAS R.L. (Santa Cruz Department)
• COTES R.L. (Chuquisaca Department)
• COTAP R.L. (Potosí Department)
• COTEOR R.L. (Oruro Department)
• COSETT R.L. (Tarija Department)
• COTEAUTRI R.L. (Beni Department)
• COTECO R.L. (Pando Department)
• COTERI R.L. (Riberalta)
• COTEGUA R.L. (Guayaramerín)
• COTABE R.L. (Bermejo)
• COTEVI R.L. (Villazón)
• COTEMO R.L. (Santa Ana de Yacuma)
• COSEU R.L. (Uyuni)

Mobile operators

• Entel (ENTEL S.A.)
• (Empresa de Telecomunicaciones Nuevatel PCS de Bolivia S.A.) (Balesia and COMTECO)
• (TELECEL S.A.) (Millicom)

Brazil

Fixed-line operators

• Claro (América Móvil)
• TIM (Telecom Italia)
• Vivo (Telefónica)
• Algar Telecom
• Sercomtel

Mobile operators

• Claro (América Móvil)
• TIM (Telecom Italia)
• Vivo (Telefónica)
• Algar Telecom
• Sercomtel

Canada

Fixed-line operators

• Allstream
• Bell Canada
• Bell Aliant
• Manitoba Telecom Services
• Eastlink
• Northwestel
• Provincial Tel
• Rogers Telecom (Rogers Communications)
• SaskTel
• Telus
• Sogetel

Mobile operators

• Bell Mobility (Bell Canada)
• MTS Mobility (Manitoba Telecom Services)
• DMTS Mobility
• Télébec Mobilité
• Virgin Plus Canada (Formerly Virgin Mobile)
• Lucky Mobile
• ICE Wireless
• Rogers Wireless (Rogers Communications)
• Fido Solutions (Rogers Communications)
• Mobilicity
• Chatr
• SaskTel Mobility (SaskTel)
• Vidéotron Mobilité (Québecor)
• Freedom Mobile (Québecor)
• Fizz Mobile (Québecor)
• Telus Mobility (Telus)
• Koodo Mobile
• Public Mobile

Chile

Fixed-line operators

• Claro HFC (América Móvil)
• CMET
• Entelphone (Entel)
• Gtd Manquehue (GTD)
• Gtd Telesat (GTD)
• Rural Telecommunications Chile S.A. (RTC)
• Telefónica (formerly CTC)
• Telefónica del Sur (GTD)
• VTR (Liberty Global)

Mobile operators

• Claro (América Móvil)
• Entel PCS (Entel)
• Movistar (Telefónica)
• Virgin
• WOM

Colombia

Fixed-line operators

• Azteca
• Emcali
• ETB
• Telefónica Telecom
• UNE EPM (formerly EPM – Empresas Públicas de Medellín)

Mobile operators

• Claro Colombia (América Móvil)
• Movistar (Telefónica)
• Tigo Colombia (Millicom, ETB, EPM)
• Wom (Partners Telecom Colombia S.A.S.)
• Virgin Mobile (via Movistar network)
• Móvil éxito (Grupo Éxito) (via Tigo network)
• ETB (via Tigo network)

Costa Rica

Fixed-line operators

• Grupo ICE
• RACSA-ICE (Grupo ICE)
• VoCex (R&H Telecom)
• Tigo (Millicom)
• Liberty (Liberty Latin America)
• Telecable
• CoopeGuanacaste

Mobile operators

• Claro (América Móvil)
• kölbi (Grupo ICE)
• Liberty (Liberty Latin America)
• Tuyo (MVNO ICE Network)
• Full Móvil (MVNO Racsa, ICE Network)

Cuba

Fixed-line operators

• ETECSA

Mobile operators

• CUBACEL

Curaçao

Fixed-line operators

• UTS Curaçao

Mobile operators

• Digicel (Digicel Group)
• UTS Curaçao

Dominican Republic

Fixed-line operators

• Claro Codetel (América Móvil)
• Altice Dominicana
• Viva

Mobile operators

• Viva
• Claro Codetel (América Móvil)
• Altice Dominicana
• Orange (Orange)

Ecuador

Fixed-line operators

• CNT EP

Mobile operators

• Claro (América Móvil)
• CNT EP
• Movistar (Telefónica)
• Tuenti (Telefónica)

El Salvador

Fixed-line operators

• Telefónica

Mobile operators

• Claro (América Móvil)
• Digicel (Digicel Group)
• Movistar (Telefónica)
• Red Telecom (Infonet)
• Tigo El Salvador (Millicom)
• Telecom El Savador

French Guiana

Fixed-line operators

• Telesur

Mobile operators

• Digicel (Digicel Group)

Grenada

Fixed-line operators

• Liberty Latin America as LIME

Mobile operators

• Digicel (Digicel Group)
• LIME

Guadeloupe

Fixed-line operators

• Outremer Telecom

Mobile operators

• Digicel (Digicel Group)

Guatemala

Fixed-line operators

• A-Tel (America Telephone)
• Americatel Guatemala (Entel (Chile))
• AT&T Guatemala (AT&T Inc.)
• Cablenet SA
• Empresa Guatemalteca de Telecomunicaciones (GUATEL) (state-owned)
• Telecomunicaciones de Guatemala (América Móvil)
• Telecomunique Guatemala (Telecomunique)
• Claro (América Móvil)

Mobile operators

• Claro (América Móvil)
• Digicel (Digicel Group)
• Tigo Guatemala (Millicom)

Guyana

Fixed-line operators

• Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company

Mobile operators

• Digicel (Digicel Group)
• Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company

Haiti

Fixed-line operators

• Natcom S.A (formerly Teleco S.A)

Mobile operators

• Comcel Haiti (acquired by Digicel Group in April 2012)
• Digicel (Digicel Group)
• My Haiti Mobile (My Haiti Mobile)

Honduras

Fixed-line operators

• Hondutel

Mobile operators

• Claro (América Móvil)
• Digicel (Digicel Group)
• Honducel (Hondutel)
• Tigo Honduras (Millicom)

Jamaica

Fixed-line operators

• FLOW, newly merged entity combining the old Flow and LIME; owned by Cable & Wireless Communications, a Liberty Latin America company
• Digicel Play, a new fibre to the home network owned by Digicel Group

Wireless broadband operators

• DEKAL Wireless, a municipal Wi-Fi network owned by Cable & Wireless Communications and operated by FLOW Jamaica
• Caricel, a new Jamaican owned startup, soon to offer fixed and mobile broadband via an LTE-A network
• Digicel, through their WiMAX network (which is currently being upgraded to TDD-LTE)

Mobile operators

• Digicel (Digicel Group)
• FLOW (owned by Cable & Wireless Communications, a Liberty Latin America company)

Martinique

Fixed-line operators

• Orange (Orange S.A.)

Mobile operators

• Digicel (Digicel Group)

Mexico

Fixed-line operators

• Axtel/Alestra/Megacable (Grupo Alfa)
• Izzi Telecom (Grupo Televisa)
• Telmex (América Móvil)
• (Grupo Salinas)

Mobile operators

• AT&T Mexico (AT&T)
• Movistar (Telefónica)
• Telcel (América Móvil)

Nicaragua

Mobile operators

• Claro (América Móvil)
• TIGO
• NICATEL
• TELCOR
• Megacom
• JM Nicaragua

Panama

Fixed-line operators

• Cable & Wireless Panama (CWC)

Mobile operators

• Cable & Wireless Móvil (CWC)
• Tigo Panama (Millicom)
• Digicel Panama (Digicel)
• Claro Panama (América Móvil)
• Trans Ocean Network
• C&W Communications
• Lanet Telecom

Paraguay

Fixed-line operators

• Copaco

Mobile operators

• Tigo Paraguay (Millicom)
• Personal (Telecom Italia)
• Claro (América Móvil)

Peru

Fixed-line operators

• Telefónica
• Claro (Telmex)
• AC Telecom
• Dolphin Telecom
• Turris Telecom
• Telecom Peru
• Fravatel Peru

Mobile operators

• Movistar (Telefónica)
• Claro (América Móvil)
• Bitel (Viettel Peru)
• Entel Perú (Entel Chile)
• Caribbean Communication Network
• ADN Network
• Force Telecom
• AV Telecom
• Newtel Telecom Peru
• GK Telecom

Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands

Fixed-line operators

• Puerto Rico Telephone (PRT-Claro) (América Movil)
• Liberty Puerto Rico (Liberty Latin America)
• San Juan Cable/Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico (Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico – before: OneLink Communications, Inc.) (uses VOIP)
• Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico (uses VOIP)
• Choice Cable TV (uses VOIP)

Mobile operators

• Centennial Wireless (Centennial Communications)
• Claro Puerto Rico (mobile phone network) (América Móvil)
• Liberty Puerto Rico (Liberty Latin America)
• T-Mobile (Deutsche Telekom)
• TracFone Wireless (América Móvil)
• Open Mobile Puerto Rico

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Fixed-line operators

• LIME

Mobile operators

• LIME
• Digicel (Digicel Group)
• EDA
• The Cable
• CIN

Saint Lucia

Fixed-line operators

• Cable & Wireless/LIME
• Karib Cable

Mobile operators

• Digicel (Digicel Group)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Fixed-line operators

• LIME

Mobile operators

• Digicel (Digicel Group)
• NTRC

Suriname

Fixed-line operators

• Telesur

Mobile operators

• Airtel
• Digicel (Digicel Group)

Trinidad and Tobago

Fixed-line operators

• bmobile
• FLOW
• Digicel

Mobile operators

• Digicel (Digicel Group)
• bmobile (TSTT & Cable & Wireless)
• BICS

United States

Fixed-line operators (over $10 billion annual revenues)

• AT&T
• Charter Communications
• Comcast
• Cox Communications
• Lumen Technologies
• Verizon (acquired XO Communications)

Fixed-line operators ($1 to $10 billion annual revenues)

• Altice (Cablevision, Lightpath, and Suddenlink Communications)
• Cable One Sparklight
• Cincinnati Bell (acquired Hawaiian Telcom)
• Consolidated Communications (acquired FairPoint Communications)
• Crown Castle International Corp. (acquiring Lightower)
• Frontier Communications
• Granite Telecommunications
• GTT Communications (Acquiring Interoute)
• IDT Corporation
• Mediacom
• Telephone and Data Systems (includes subsidiaries TDS Telecom and formerly U.S. Cellular)
• Windstream Communications (acquired EarthLink)
• Zayo Group
• WideOpenWest

Fixed line operators ($100 million to $1 billion annual revenues)

• ACN Inc.
• Alaska Communications
• Birch Communications & Cbeyond
• Cogent Communications
• GCI
• Lumos Networks
• Pac-West Telecomm
• Primus Telecom

Fixed line operators (less than $100 million annual revenues)

• PMC Telecom

Mobile operators

• AT&T Mobility
• Dish Wireless
• T-Mobile
• Verizon

Uruguay

Fixed-line operators

• ANTEL

Mobile operators

• Ancel (Antel)
• Claro (América Móvil)
• Movistar (Telefónica)

Venezuela

Fixed-line operators

• CANTV

Mobile operators

• Digitel
• Movilnet (CANTV)
• Movistar (Telefónica)

See also

• Telecommunications company
• List of telecommunications companies
• List of telecommunications companies in Asia and Oceania
• List of telecommunications companies in Europe
• List of telecommunications companies in the Middle East and Africa
• List of mobile network operators
• List of mobile network operators of the Americas
• List of mobile network operators in Asia and Oceania
• List of mobile network operators in Europe
• List of mobile network operators in the Middle East and Africa

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