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| BIVA: TPLAY | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 2004 (by lusacell) 2010 (by Grupo Salinas) |
| Headquarters | Mexico City, Mexico |
Area served | Mexico Colombia [1] |
| Products | Cable, telephone, Internet service provider |
| Parent | Grupo Salinas |
| Website | www |
Totalplay is a Mexican telecommunications company owned by Grupo Salinas and operated by Grupo Totalplay, offers cable television, fiber optic internet and fixed telephony services in the Triple and Quadruple play market.
In 2004 the mobile phone company Grupo lusacell (now AT&T México) would introduce the optical fiber network throughout Mexico.
During the expansion of optical fiber, they would begin to offer broadband and VoIP services, as well as pay television under Internet Protocol television.
In September 2010, Totalplay Telecomunicaciones, S.A. de C.V. was officially founded after an agreement between lusacell and Grupo Salinas, starting with beta users who would test the initial service. It would also serve as a replacement for the failed DTT service Hi-tv . [2] Totalplay would only offer Live TV and Video on Demand services, and in 2011 Totalplay would be available for the Mexican market offering direct fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), high-speed broadband, HD and interactive TV.
In 2014 Grupo Salinas would acquire all of Totalplay after the purchase of lusacell by AT&T Latin America , [3] in June 2021 the company would create its Colombian subsidiary Totalplay Colombia which by September 2022 had 6,000 users in the metropolitan area of Bogotá, [1] Totalplay would be listed on the Bolsa Institucional de Valores (BIVA) on November 22, 2021. [4] on 1 November 2022, the Totalplay TV option for laptops would stop working.
Totalplay offers pay television service, VoD, fiber optic internet and fixed telephony in its normal package, including interactive television with various streaming platforms. [5] It also offers the Totalplay Hogar Seguro (Secure House) service, which includes exterior cameras and alarms. [6]
Totalplay Empresarial is the business service for businesses and companies which includes pay television, internet (SD-WAN under the UNNO sub-brand), [7] cybersecurity, etc., as well as alarms and security cameras. [8]
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