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Plan B.


Cellular telephony is driving drastic change, and it's beginning to take bigger bites in a market once controlled by companies like Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB ETB - End Transmission Block ). According to according to
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 in the mobile market through its 50% stake in Colombia Movil (the other half is controlled by Empresas Publicas de Medellin, known as EPM EPM

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). Yet Colombia Movil is having a hard time catching up to Telefonica Moviles and to Comcel, which is controlled by America Movil. Dario Arango, a manager at Telefonica Movites, says the sector's current heavyweights will continue to dominate the sector in the future.
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Title Annotation:1 YEAR AGO IN LATIN TRADE
Comment:Plan B.(1 YEAR AGO IN LATIN TRADE)
Publication:Latin Trade
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:3COLO
Date:Jul 1, 2006
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