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Guatemala's incumbent telephone company is TELGUA, who won the bidding of the privatization of the government run GUATEL.

Telephones - main lines in use: 665,061 (2000)
Approximately 1,384,997 (December 2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 663,296 (2000)
Approximately December 2006: 6,800,000
December 2007 10,151,000 (70% of the population)
Operators:

International Operator Brand / Users Technology Web Site
America Movil Claro/PCS Digital 3,591,138 (June 2007) CDMA 1x EVDO Rev 0 1900 mHz, GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1900 mHz, UMTS/HSPA 1900 mHz (1.5 Mbit/s) with video calling and data services available. Claro Guatemala
Telefónica Movistar 2,514,612 (June 2007) CDMA 1x EVDO Rev A 1900 mHz and GSM/GPRS/EDGE 1900 mHz, UMTS/HSPA 1900 mHz (7.2 Mbit/s) with data services only available. MoviStar Guatemala
Millicom / Local partners TIGO/COMCEL 3,116,998 (June 2007) TDMA/N-AMPS (to be shut down) and GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850 mHz, UMTS/HSDPA 850 mHz (3.6 Mbit/s) with video calling and data services available TIGO Guatemala
Digicel Group Digicel must be launch before June 18, 2008 Planned GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900 MHz Digicel Group
Intelfon/RED Intelfon Launch 2008 (Not Commercial) Planned iDEN/CDMA 1x EVDO Rev A 800 MHz (Life only for Roaming from Intelfon/RED El Salvador Intelfon Guatemala

Telephone system: fairly modern network centered in the city of Guatemala
domestic: NA
international: connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 130, FM 487, shortwave 15 (2000)

Radios: 835,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 26 (plus 27 repeaters) (1997)

Televisions: 640,000 (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 27 (2004)

Internet Users:

Year Users
2002 200,000
2003 600,000
2004 1,000,000
2005 1,700,000
2006 2,400,000
2007 over 3,800,000

Country code (Top-level domain): GT. Guatemala Domains

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The Guatemalan Telecommunications Miracle: A Conversation with Alfredo Guzman

"In Guatemala we have a clear example that freedom works," Alfredo Guzmán told us in May, 2011. A graduate of the market-oriented Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guzmán was appointed director of Guatemala's state-run telecommunications company, GUATEL, in 1995. Back then, Guatemala had a population of 11 million people but fewer than 300000 phones. President Arzú had a simple request for the new head of Guatemala's state-run monopoly: I want a lot of phones, everywhere, fast. So what did Guzmán do? Despite fierce political opposition, Guzmán successfully opened up Guatemala's telecommunications industry to competition and privatized GUATEL. As Guzmán told us, "sometimes thoughts become things," and, as it turns out, Guzmán had learned a few things about economics while studying at UFM. The results? Guatemala currently has a population of around 13 million people and more than 18 million phones. Today, even the poorest Guatemaltecos own cell phones and enjoy high-quality service at low cost.Approximately 7.5 minutes. Produced by Paul Feine and Alex Manning. Go to reason.tv for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube Channel to receive automatic notifications when new material goes live.

 

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