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Venezuela (Class D) and in the United States (ADS). One month later on expiring the offer, the Government acquired 79.6% of the outstanding shares of the Company, in addition to the 6.6% which it previously owned, obtaining control of the Company with a total of 86.2% of
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in areas where the wired network does not reach the subscriber. It covers the major share of the
Venezuelan broadband market, having reached 53% in 2001 and 76% in 2003, reaching more than 800.000 broadband access customers in 2007. Wireless connections, however have a 6 GB per month limit, a major
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December 15, 1991, the envelopes containing the bids were opened in a public act and the successful bidder was the consortium VenWorld Telecom, C.A. which bid US$ 1.885 million (US$ 1.085 million above the base price) for a 40% equity stake in the company. The VenWorld
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In 1930 the "Ministerio de
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in the 850/1900 MHz. Both networks with nationwide coverage. In the present
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After a commission spent several years enquiring into ways of expanding the service, in 1953 the government announced its intention to acquire 100% of the shares of Cantv at a price of US$ 7.1M, as part of the state's program of nationalization. Over the following years it bought up the other
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Most of cantv wired telephone network rely over copper wire network, also known as POTS. In 2006 Cantv started offering VoIP, or
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On 31 December it became the local operating company for the assets of the
Venezuelan Telephone and Electrical Appliances Company Limited, an English firm which had been operating in Venezuela for 40 years between Caracas and
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