Trilogy Dominicana,

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Viva, is a

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in the

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History

Founded in 1883 as All America Cables & Radio Dominican Republic (an ITT subsidiary), the company was the country's first telecom to offer

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services to the

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. In January 2000, Centennial Communications purchased 70% of the company, forming Centennial Dominicana. The company later launched a

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network and provided

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services over

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. On November 24, 2006 Centennial Communications announced that they were selling 100% of Centennial Dominicana to Trilogy International Partners for US$80M. In April 2008, Centennial announced a rename to Viva and launched their

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network. At the end of 2015 the Telemicro group owned by the business man Juan Ramon Gomez Diaz acquired the operations of Trilogy Dominicana. In August 2017 Viva launched a new 4x4 MIMO 4G LTE network.

Plans

Viva has focused on prepaid and hybrid plans. Postpaid plans are commonly not featured in mainstream media.

Notes

External links

* {{Telecommunications companies of the Dominican Republic Telecommunications companies of the Dominican Republic Mobile phone companies of the Caribbean Dominican Republic companies established in 1883