Colombia will use telecom fines to pre-finance 2018 budget
Colombia will use $980 million in fines paid by two mobile phone operators to pre-finance...
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AT&T fined $25M over data theft in Colombia, other countries
The Federal Communications Commission reached a $25 million settlement with AT&T Inc over a...
Colombia telecom market shaken up by major merger, investment
Telecom companies Tigo and Une announced a merger on Tuesday, and Avantel reported that it is...
Colombia’s ICT minister investigated over telecommunication contracts
Colombia’s Comptroller’s Office announced on Tuesday that it will be investigating the...
Telefonica to sell shares of Colombia telecoms holdings
Spanish telecommunications operator Telefonica plans to sell off its Colombia stakes to finance its debt, reported the Financial Times on Wednesday. Telefonica currently controls 70% of the Colombian telecommunications company,...
Mobile apps make calling to Colombia cheaper, easier: Provider (feature)
Mobile apps for cell phones have made calling to Colombia both easier and cheaper, said one of the providers Tuesday. According to Bogdan Obretin, spokesman of enjoyprepaid.com, the introduction of smart phones and their...
Colombia may force BlackBerry maker to pay for outages
Colombia’s government launched an investigation Wednesday into BlackBerry service outages that have disrupted email and instant-messaging, and said it may force the product’s maker, Research in Motion Ltd., to pay...
BlackBerry service outages hit Colombia
Services outages for the BlackBerry, which have plagued smartphone users worldwide for three days, spread to Colombia Wednesday, news site Enter.co announced. Users in Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela began...
Govt seeks to divest from Telefonica-controlled telecom
Colombia’s government said Wednesday it aims to further reduce its holdings in Colombia Telecomunicaciones, or Telecom, which is 51% controlled by Spain’s Telefonica SA and is Colombia’s biggest fixed-line...
Head of Colombia state phone company ETB resigns
The top executive of Colombia’s government-run telephone company ETB, whose share price was recently at a 33-month low, has resigned, according to a statement from the company. “Fernando Carrizosa turned in his...
American Tower to buy Colombian telecom towers for $182M
Telecommunications group Millicom International Cellular S.A. on Monday said its unit Colombia Móvil has agreed to sell up to 2,126 towers to American Tower Corp for $182 million in cash. The towers are expected to be...
