Personal is an
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, ...
telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that ...
s company which provides Internet and mobile telephony services throughout the country. A subsidiary of
Telecom, it started as a mobile service provider from its foundation in 1995 until 2021 when it absorbed Telecom's
Fibertel and
Cablevisión subsidiaries, combining both broadband and mobile internet services under one brand. Personal is Argentina's second-largest mobile phone service provider, after
Telefonica's
Movistar
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.
History
Personal was launched in 1995 as the mobile phone brand for parent company Telecom, and provided mobile services in the northern part of the country (where its parent company also provided
fixed telephony
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services). In the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, instead, Telecom provided mobile phone services since 1993 under the brand Miniphone, in a joint venture together with Telefónica. However, in 1999, legal provisions determine the division of Miniphone, as well as of all those companies whose shareholders were Telecom and Telefónica. It is from there that Telecom Personal also begins to provide service in
Greater Buenos Aires
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independently (keeping part of the clients of the divided Miniphone).
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Telecommunications companies established in 1995
Companies based in Buenos Aires
Telecommunications companies of Argentina
1995 establishments in Argentina
Internet service providers of Argentina
Argentine brands