Viva (network operator)
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| Viva | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Telecommunication |
| Founded | 1883 |
| Headquarters | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Products | Wireless telecommunication services |
| Parent | Telemicro |
| Website | viva |
Trilogy Dominicana, doing business as Viva, is a mobile network operator in the Dominican Republic.
History
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Founded in 1883 as All America Cables & Radio Dominican Republic (an ITT subsidiary), the company was the country's first telecom to offer telegraph services to the Antilles.
In January 2000, Centennial Communications purchased 70% of the company, forming Centennial Dominicana.[1] The company later launched a CDMA2000 network and provided Internet services over EVDO.
On November 24, 2006 Centennial Communications announced that they were selling 100% of Centennial Dominicana to Trilogy International Partners for US$80M.[2] In April 2008, Centennial announced a rename to Viva and launched their GSM/GPRS/EDGE network.[3] At the end of 2015 the Telemicro group owned by the business man Juan Ramon Gomez Diaz acquired the operations of Trilogy Dominicana. In August 2017 Viva launched a new 4x4 MIMO 4G LTE network.[4]
Plans
[edit]Viva has focused on prepaid and hybrid plans. Postpaid plans are commonly not featured in mainstream media.
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Historia 1996-2000", Indotel (in Spanish), retrieved June 27, 2011
- ^ "Centennial Dominicana confirma fue vendida por US$80 millones", Listin Diario (in Spanish), retrieved June 27, 2011
- ^ "Historia", Viva (in Spanish), retrieved June 27, 2011
- ^ "VIVA Dominicana implementa Ericsson Charging System y 4G 4X4 MIMO". viva.com.do (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2017.