Andorra Telecom

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Andorra Telecom
Company type Public company
Industry Communications Services
PredecessorServei de Telecommunicacions d'Andorra
HeadquartersCarrer Mossèn Lluís Pujol, 8, ,
Area served
Andorra
Key people
Jordi Alcobé Font (President)
Jordi Nadal Bentade (director)
Products
Revenue90.554.354 € (2014) [1]
OwnerGovernment of Andorra
Number of employees
246 (March 2015)
Website www.andorratelecom.ad

Andorra Telecom is the sole operator of land telephone, mobile telephone, pay television and Internet in Andorra, a telecommunication monopoly. It is a public company owned by the Andorran Government. [2]

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AT also manages the technical infrastructures of digital terrestrial television in Andorra, taking both the national television channels and some Spanish and French DTT channels to the whole territory. It also has a deal with the Spanish company Telefónica to offer the pay platform Movistar Plus+ in Andorra. [3]

In October 2018, it had 38,464 fixed telephone lines contracted, 81,697 mobile telephone lines and 34,624 Internet lines, all of them through FTTH, [4] becoming a pioneer country where all their citizens have access to the Internet through optical fiber. [5]

The company is managed by a board of directors responsible before the General Council for the management, direction and representation of the service, also the administration and regulation of its assets and resources.

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  6. "Andorra Telecom | Paquet Televisió Movistar+ Selección a 29€/mes | Andorra Telecom".