Personal is an

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

telecommunication Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of ...

s company which provides Internet and mobile telephony services throughout the country. A subsidiary of Telecom, it started as a mobile service provider from its foundation in 1995 until 2021 when it absorbed Telecom's Fibertel and Cablevisión subsidiaries, combining both broadband and mobile internet services under one brand. Personal is Argentina's second-largest mobile phone service provider, after Telefonica's

Movistar Movistar () is a major telecommunications provider owned by Telefónica, operating in Spain and Hispanic American countries. It is the largest provider of landline, broadband, Mobile telephony, mobile services, and pay television (Movistar Plus+ ...

History

Personal was launched in 1995 as the mobile phone brand for parent company Telecom, and provided mobile services in the northern part of the country (where its parent company also provided fixed telephony services). In the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, instead, Telecom provided mobile phone services since 1993 under the brand Miniphone, in a joint venture together with Telefónica. However, in 1999, legal provisions determine the division of Miniphone, as well as of all those companies whose shareholders were Telecom and Telefónica. It is from there that Telecom Personal also begins to provide service in

Greater Buenos Aires Greater Buenos Aires (, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (, AMBA), refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of B ...

independently (keeping part of the clients of the divided Miniphone).

References

External links

* {{Grupo Clarín Telecommunications companies established in 1995 Companies based in Buenos Aires Telecommunications companies of Argentina 1995 establishments in Argentina Internet service providers of Argentina Argentine brands