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Bolivia to decide on tariff for dominant operator

Bolivian’s Control Authority and Social Control of Telecommunications and Transport (ATT) said it will make a ruling on the fees it will impose on the country’s largest carriers beginning next year. The ATT noted that the largest carrier will be the one with the largest share of gross income as well as control in excess of 40% of the market for a 12-month period.

Currently, Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Entel) owns about 40% of the domestic mobile market and is considered to be the main carrier in setting national cellular rates. Telecel (Tigo) is the country’s second largest operator with approximately 35% of the market, while Nuevatel (VIVA) controls about 23% of the market. Bolivia had just over 7 million cellular customers at the end of last year.

ATT noted that the objective of the fee was to benefit users as it’s focused on improving quality of service.

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Roberta Prescott
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Editor, Americasrprescott@rcrwireless.com Roberta Prescott is responsible for Latin America reporting news and analysis, interviewing key stakeholders. Roberta has worked as an IT and telecommunication journalist since March 2005, when she started as a reporter with InformationWeek Brasil magazine and its website IT Web. In July 2006, Prescott was promoted to be the editor-in-chief, and, beyond the magazine and website, was in charge for all ICT products, such as IT events and CIO awards. In mid-2010, she was promoted to the position of executive editor, with responsibility for all the editorial products and content of IT Mídia. Prescott has worked as a journalist since 1998 and has three journalism prizes. In 2009, she won, along with InformationWeek Brasil team, the press prize 11th Prêmio Imprensa Embratel. In 2008, she won the 7th Unisys Journalism Prize and in 2006 was the editor-in-chief when InformationWeek Brasil won the 20th media award Prêmio Veículos de Comunicação. She graduated in Journalism by the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, has done specialization in journalism at the Universidad de Navarra (Spain, 2003) and Master in Journalism at IICS – Universidad de Navarra (Brazil, 2010) and MBA – Executive Education at the Getulio Vargas Foundation.