Personal Argentina
Personal is a telecommunications company that operates throughout Argentina through Telecom. It is currently the second largest mobile phone service provider in Argentina, after Movistar.
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 9 January 1995 |
| Headquarters | Alicia Moreau de Justo 50 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Products | high speed internet, cable internet, fiber-optic internet, mobile telephony |
| Parent | Telecom Argentina |
| Website | personal.com.ar |
Overview
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 independently (keeping part of the clients of the divided Miniphone).[1]
References
- ↑ "Desaparece Miniphone y las telefónicas se reparten abonados por medio de una división salomónica". La Nación (in Spanish). 15 August 1999. Archived from the original on 18 November 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2021.