List of telecommunications companies in the Americas

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A telecommunications company (historically known as a telephone company) is a company which provides broadband and/or telephony services.

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The telecommunications companies of the Americas are listed below:

Argentina

Aruba

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Bolivia

Fixed-line operators

Brazil

Canada

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Curaçao

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

French Guiana

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica

Martinique

Mexico

Nicaragua

Mobile operators

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Suriname

Trinidad and Tobago

United States

Uruguay

Venezuela

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Altice USA</span> American telecommunications and media company; spin-off of Altice Europe

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Oi, formerly known as Telemar, is the largest fixed telephone operator and the fourth mobile telephone operator in Brazil, being the third largest telecommunication company in Latin America. It is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mediacom</span> American cable TV company

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">SFR</span> French telecommunications company

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Altice Portugal</span> Portuguese telecommunication company, Altice subsidiary

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frontier Communications</span> American telecommunications company

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Windstream Holdings</span> Provider of voice and data network communications

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Internet in the United States</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">GTT Communications</span> Tier 1 Internet service provider

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