Tag Archives: Gabriel Gurmendez

Antel to invest almost USD 150 million in fiber optic and 5G infrastructure in Uruguay

Uruguayan President, Luis Lacalle Pou, held a meeting last week with Gabriel Gurmendez, CEO at the countrys telco Antel. According to information reported on several local websites, including La Diaria, the executive reported that an agreement was reached, which allows to accelerate some investments related to fiber optic coverage in the country. According to Gurmendez, [...]

Telecom Argentina expects to expand its business to Uruguay according to changes in the country’s telecommunications regulations

Telecommunications company Telecom Argentina aims to expand its business in Uruguay, although it expects to do so if changes are implemented in the countrys  telecommunications regulations. The information, as reported in several specialized websites, was reported by Telecoms CEO, Roberto Nobile, during the last conference on the companys Q4 2020 results. The idea of expanding [...]

Telecom Argentina aumentará inversiones en Uruguay y podría adquirir filial local de Movistar en el país

Según reportó el website del semanario Búsqueda, de Uruguay, la semana pasada, la compañía de telecomunicaciones Telecom Argentina manifestó sus intenciones de aumentar considerablemente sus inversiones en Uruguay, y aseguró que uno de sus propósitos es adquirir la filial local de Movistar (Telefónica) en el país. En Uruguay, Telecom brinda servicios de TV paga a [...]

Telecom Argentina to increase investments in Uruguay and could acquire Movistar’s local subsidiary in the country

As reported by the Uruguayan website Busqueda last week, the telecommunications company Telecom Argentina expressed its intentions to considerably increase its investments in Uruguay, and reported that one of its purposes is to acquire the local subsidiary of Movistar (Telefonica) in the country. In Uruguay, Telecom provides pay TV services through the Cablevision brand; while [...]

Operadores de TV paga de Uruguay podrán ofrecer banda ancha utilizando redes privadas

El Poder Ejecutivo de Uruguay anunció recientemente que se implementarán cambios en la Ley de Medios vigente en el país (Ley N° 19.307, de 2014). Los más significativos se centran en la posibilidad de que operadores de TV paga puedan ofrecer servicios utilizando redes privadas, y no únicamente las proporcionadas por la telco uruguaya Antel, [...]

Uruguayan pay TV operators to be able to offer broadband using private networks

The Uruguayan Government has recently announced that changes in the Media Law available in the country (Law N° 19,307; 2014) will be implemented. The most relevant ones are focused on the possibility that pay TV operators can offer services using private networks, and not only those provided by the Uruguayan telco Antel, as currently established [...]

Antel deja de transmitir partidos de Eliminatorias de Uruguay vía streaming

A principios de octubre, y con motivo del debut de la Selección Uruguaya de Fútbol en las actuales Eliminatorias (que tuvo lugar ese mismo día ante la Selección Chilena), diferentes websites especializados del país reportaron que la única forma de ver el partido fue mediante un operador de TV paga, a diferencia de años anteriores, [...]

Antel stops broadcasting Uruguayan National Team’s Qualifying matches via streaming

At the beginning of October, and due to the Uruguayan National Teams debut in the current Qualifiers (which took place that same day against the Chilean National Team), different specialized websites in the country reported that the only way to watch the football match was through a pay TV operator, unlike in happened in previous [...]

Presidente de telco uruguaya Antel descarta producción de contenidos propios para Vera+

Según reportaron websites especializados de Uruguay, Gabriel Gurméndez, Presidente de la telco uruguaya Antel, reportó que la compañía no incursionará en la producción de contenidos propios para la plataforma Vera+ y el canal Vera TV. Las declaraciones del ejecutivo, según reportan los websites uruguayos, fueron realizadas en el programa Primera Mañana, emitido por Radio El [...]

Uruguayan telco Antel’s President rejects to make original productions for Vera+

According to specialized websites in Uruguay, Gabriel Gurmendez, President at the Uruguayan telco Antel, reported that the company will not venture into producing its own content for the Vera+ platform and the Vera TV channel. The executive’s statements, as reported by Uruguayan websites, were made in the Primera Mañana radio program,  broadcast by Radio El [...]