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| Company type | State-owned |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Predecessor | Teléfonos del Estado (1946–56) |
| Founded | 1956 [1] |
| Founder | Government of Argentina |
| Defunct | 1990 |
| Successor | Telecom Argentina Telefónica de Argentina |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Argentina |
| Services | Telephone Telegraphy Wireless telegraphy |
| Owner | Government of Argentina |
Number of employees | 45,000 |
The Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (National Telecommunications Enterprise, mostly known for its acronym ENTel) was an Argentine state-owned enterprise which had the monopoly on public telecommunications in the country.
Originally set-up in 1956 during the government of de facto President Pedro Eugenio Aramburu after the nationalization of all the assets and services of the private companies that had operated Argentina's telephone services until that point carried out by Juan Perón.[2] In 1990, the company was liquidated under the Carlos Menem's administration that privatised most of public services and companies in the country, with Telecom and Telefónica taking over the telephone services previously managed by ENTel.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
arg.gobwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ HISTORIA DE LOS TELEFÓNICOS. 1948: la nacionalización de los teléfonos by Soledad Domenichetti and Sabrina Mormandi at La Izquierda Diario, 20 March 2017