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 Ministry of Public Works, Services and Housing) AXS (AXS Bolivia S.A.) (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, La Paz and Cochabamba only)
Regional cooperatives COTEL R.L. (La Paz Department) COMTECO R.L. (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.) Viva (Empresa de Telecomunicaciones Nuevatel PCS de Bolivia S.A.) (Balesia and COMTECO) Tigo Bolivia (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) Totalplay (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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