TELEFÓNICA USA
Telefónica’s ownership of Telefónica de Argentina, which is the largest fixed-line operator in the country. It provides broadband, local and long distance telephone services in the southern part of the country as well as the Greater Buenos Aires area. The Telefónica Group has been in the country since 1990. The mobile business is run by Telefónica Móviles through Movistar. Its mobile brand in the Spanish speaking world reaches Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Mexico. “We also have data centers in every one of
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these countries,” he adds, “Though for international communications we rely mainly on São Paulo, Miami and Madrid, we have many international customers, based in the USA, who want a presence in Europe and across Latin America. Our mission is to deliver business value to the group no matter where the money lands. For instance, we provide mobile services to our companies but at the end of the day the contractual relationship and the billing is all done locally. Under current regulations, mobile services have to be delivered in the country where they are used.” The entire Telefónica group is