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| Nicaragua has the second lowest teledensity in Latin America after Haiti. However, 2004 brought some momentous changes to the telecom market. In January 2004, the government sold its remaining 49% interest in Enitel to América Móvil, thus completing telecom privatisation. In April 2004, the regulator announced that Nicaragua’s fixed-line market would be opened to full competition in December 2004. In August 2004, América Móvil increased its interest in Enitel to 99.03%, and applied for authorization to merge Enitel Movil with Sercom Nicaragua. In October 2004, BellSouth completed the sale of its Nicaraguan unit TCN BellSouth to Telefónica Móviles. As a result, the mobile industry in Nicaragua may soon be served by only two nationwide operators: Telefónica Móviles and América Móvil. |
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