Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), formerly Belize Telecommunications Limited, is a

telecommunications company A telephone company, also known as a telco, telephone service provider, or telecommunications operator, is a kind of communications service provider (CSP), more precisely a telecommunications service provider (TSP), that provides telecommunicat ...

Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wate ...

. Established in 1972 as the Telecommunications Authority, it rapidly became Belize's leading telecommunication provider in the 1980s and 1990s. In May 2007, it changed its name from Belize Telecommunications Limited to Belize Telemedia Limited. The wireless division of BTL is called DigiCell. In August 2009, the company was nationalized by the Government of Belize, who appropriated 94% of its shares which were previously controlled by

Michael Ashcroft Michael Anthony Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft, (born 4 March 1946) is a British-Belizean businessman, pollster and politician. He is a former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party. Ashcroft founded Michael A. Ashcroft Associates in 1972 and is ...

.http://www.governmentofbelize.gov.bz/download/pm_intro_bill.pdf

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Belize Telemedia Limited
Official site
DigiCell mobile service
Official site
The Reporter, 29 September 2006 "Outrage at callous BTL! Call for Fonseca to resign " The Reporter, 8 September 2006 "BTL’s $5.8M tax write-off: Another can of worms for Musa"
Telecommunications companies of Belize Telecommunications companies established in 1972 1972 establishments in British Honduras 1987 mergers and acquisitions {{Telecom-company-stub