Alegro PCS
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Alegro or Telecsa S. A. is an Ecuadorian mobile phone
and telecommunications company
. The company is based in Quito
and is under the ownership of Ecuador's fixed telephone operator Corporacion Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (former Andinatel).
The company obtained a fifteen year advanced mobile service license in April 2003
and in December 2003 began operation in the country under its brand name Alegro PCS . It was announced on July 30, 2010 that the state-owned company Corporación Nacional de Telecomunicaciones acquired Telecsa S.A. effectively making it property of the Ecuadorean government. It has been decided that the company will remain with its already-existing Alegro brand name.
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
and telecommunications company
Company
A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...
. The company is based in Quito
Quito
San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito , is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains...
and is under the ownership of Ecuador's fixed telephone operator Corporacion Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (former Andinatel).
The company obtained a fifteen year advanced mobile service license in April 2003
and in December 2003 began operation in the country under its brand name Alegro PCS . It was announced on July 30, 2010 that the state-owned company Corporación Nacional de Telecomunicaciones acquired Telecsa S.A. effectively making it property of the Ecuadorean government. It has been decided that the company will remain with its already-existing Alegro brand name.