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Revision as of 08:27, 23 October 2011

Claro Guatemala
Company typeSubsidiary of América Móvil
NYSEAMX
IndustryTelecommunications
Headquarters
Flagship headquarters
Mexico
Local headquarters
Guatemala
Key people
Daniel Hajj Aboumrad (CEO, AMX)
ProductsBroadband
Mobile phone
Telephone
Television
(Quadruple Player)
UMTS/HSDPA, CDMA, GSM, Wireless Data Services, Push to Talk
ParentAmérica Móvil
WebsiteClaro Guatemala

Claro (formerly Telgua) is the biggest telecommunications provider in Guatemala, provides Internet, Telephony, and Cable TV services.

History

On November 16, 1996, the Guatemalan Congress passed the "Ley General de Telecomunicaciones"; The General Telecommunications Law that stipulated the privatization of Guatel, the former, state-owned, telecommunications company. It was purchased by LUCA S.A. and Ricardo H. Bueso became Telgua's first President and CEO until 2000.

In 2000 it joined America Movil and time after it renamed the brands ALO and PCS Digital to Claro on Guatemala.