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Latest Telecoms News from Argentina
Swiss hand over banking info to Argentina
The Swiss government said Monday it has handed banking documents over to Argentina in a $25 million dollar corruption probe linked to former President Carlos Menem and French defense company Thales....
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Telecom Argentina Pays Off Outstanding Renegotiated Debt
Telecom Argentina has paid off the remaining US$352 million of a US$1.88 billion debt that had been renegotiated with its creditors following the financial crisis in the country in 2001/2. The company repaid the debt five years ahead of schedule....
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Astellia Wins Latin American Network Monitoring Contracts
Nextel International has awarded a contract to Astellia to monitor its networks in selected Latin American markets. ...
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Argentine leader drops phone-cable competition
Argentina's president made a major concession Monday as she seeks votes for a proposed media law, saying telephone companies should not be allowed to compete for television customers after all....
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Telecom Italia ordered to sell Argentine assets
Argentine anti-trust authorities ordered Telecom Italia to sell its telephone holdings in the country to prevent Spain's Telefonica from dominating the local market, the press reported Thursday....
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Argentines buying fewer cell phones
Argentina imported 4.4 million mobile telephones during the first half of this year, 28.9 percent fewer than during the same period in 2008,...
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Telecom Italia Wins Court Ruling - Gets Access to Argentinian Subsidiary
A court in Argentina has ruled that the country's anti-trust body, the CNDC was wrong to block Telecom Italia from participating in board meetings held by its local subsidiary, Telecom Argentina....
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Telecom Italia Reported to be Looking to Exit Argentinian Market
Telecom Italia is reported to have hired advisors to help it sell its indirect stake in Telecom Argentina. The company owns a 50% stake in Sofora Telecomunicaciones, which in turn owns controlling interest in Telecom Argentina....
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Argentina Planning Higher Taxes on Mobile Phone Imports
The GSM Association says that it is concerned about plans to raise taxes on mobile phones in Argentina. The bill seeks to extend internal taxes on mobile handsets to a 17% nominal rate for imports and/or sales which are not produced in the Tierra del Fuego special economic zone....
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Telecom Argentina - Annual growth over 20% despite high penetration rate
Telecom Argentina operates Argentina's third largest mobile network by customer numbers, with 13.17m connections at the end of Q1 09. On an annual basis it was the fastest growing of the country's four networks with a growth rate of 21.0%,...
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