Antel
Type	State-owned
Genre	Telecommunications
Founded	1974
Founder	Juan María Bordaberry
Headquarters	Montevideo, Uruguay
Area served	Uruguay
Key people	María Simon (President)
Revenue	U$S700.000.000
Owner	Government of Uruguay
Divisions	Ancel, AntelData
Website	www.antel.com.uy

ANTEL (Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones) is Uruguay's government-owned telecommunications company. It was founded in 1974. The company has the monopoly of land line telephony services in the country. They also provide (in direct competition with Claro and Movistar) cellular telephony services and broad range of Internet related services, being the major provider in both cases.

Telecommunications tower

Torre de las Telecomunicaciones (ANTEL)

Main article: Telecommunications Tower

Antel owns Uruguay's tallest skyscraper, the Telecommunications Tower, which has 160 meters and 35 floors. It is the tallest building in the country. It was designed by architect Carlos Ott. It is situated by the side of Montevideo's bay.

See also

• Ancel
• Anteldata
• Telecommunications

References

External links

• ANTEL

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