Viva | |
Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Telecommunication |
Founded | 1883 |
Headquarters | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
Products | Wireless telecommunication services |
Parent | Telemicro |
Website |
viva |
Trilogy Dominicana, doing business as Viva, is a mobile network operator in the Dominican Republic.
Founded in 1883 as All America Cables & Radio Dominican Republic (an ITT subsidiary), the company was the country's first telecom to offer telegraph services to the Antilles.
In January 2000, Centennial Communications purchased 70% of the company, forming Centennial Dominicana. [1] The company later launched a CDMA2000 network and provided Internet services over EVDO.
On November 24, 2006 Centennial Communications announced that they were selling 100% of Centennial Dominicana to Trilogy International Partners for US$80M. [2] In April 2008, Centennial announced a rename to Viva and launched their GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE network. [3] 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. [4]
Viva has focused on prepaid and hybrid plans. Postpaid plans are commonly not featured in mainstream media.
Viva | |
Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Telecommunication |
Founded | 1883 |
Headquarters | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
Products | Wireless telecommunication services |
Parent | Telemicro |
Website |
viva |
Trilogy Dominicana, doing business as Viva, is a mobile network operator in the Dominican Republic.
Founded in 1883 as All America Cables & Radio Dominican Republic (an ITT subsidiary), the company was the country's first telecom to offer telegraph services to the Antilles.
In January 2000, Centennial Communications purchased 70% of the company, forming Centennial Dominicana. [1] The company later launched a CDMA2000 network and provided Internet services over EVDO.
On November 24, 2006 Centennial Communications announced that they were selling 100% of Centennial Dominicana to Trilogy International Partners for US$80M. [2] In April 2008, Centennial announced a rename to Viva and launched their GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE network. [3] 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. [4]
Viva has focused on prepaid and hybrid plans. Postpaid plans are commonly not featured in mainstream media.