ANTEL (Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones)'s Uruguay's government-owned telecommunications company, founded in 1974. The company has a monopoly of landline telephony and data services in the country. They also provide mobile phone services under the Ancel brand (in direct competition with Claro and Movistar) and Internet-related services under the Anteldata brand, being the only provider of ADSL and land-line data services because of the monopoly situation. Failed privatization… (More on Antel)