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Internet access choices (Cuba would be the only remaining holdout.) At the end of August 2016 the supreme court issued a second similar ruling on the same matter, this time authorizing a different cable company - Nuevo Siglo - to provide the services in question (the Uruguayan legal system does not make the ruling in favor of a company apply to all other companies in that situation.) Nevertheless, for almost 7 years after those supreme court rulings cable TV companies continued to be precluded by the government from offering Internet services in Uruguay. But in June 2022 the government of
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press conference, Argentina announced that it was approving the system as well. Two days later the
Uruguayan government quickly followed suit announcing its approval. Thus Uruguay basically repeated the "last democracy to sign up" (Venezuela thus excluded) performance it displayed in approving cable Internet service (see above.) Antel's labor union (Sutel) went on the record opposing the approval of Starlink, as it opposed the abovementioned Internet over cable service.
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2023 Antel had revenues of US$ 1,131,410,000 and net profits of US$ 245,312,000 (22% profit margin.) The nominal revenue growth in dollars over those 12 years was 26%, but accounting for dollar inflation (38%) in that period that turns into a 9% decrease in revenues. The nominal profit growth in dollars over those 12 years was 57%; accounting for dollar inflation that still amounts to a positive 13% increase in profits.
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To put Antel's profitability in context its rich 2023 net profit margin of 22% puts it in the league of highly profitable companies like Google (24% net margin as of
December 31, 2023), and clearly separates it from comparable US communication companies like AT&T (11.76% net margin as of December
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Uruguayan supreme court issued a ruling in favor of cable TV company Monte Cablevideo S.A, declaring unconstitutional the law that made it unlawful for cable TV companies to offer Internet service. If this stood, it would represent an historic opening of the hitherto rigidly
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in 2012, aiming to switch 240,000 clients that year with a cost of US$ 180 million. Previous DSL subscribers keep their contract, or may switch to faster
Internet Vera plans: 150/12 Mbit/s for US$ 72/month, 120/12 Mbit/s for $ 61/month, 60/10 Mbit/s for $ 49/month, or 30/4 Mbit/s
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Uruguayan telecom. It would mean that for the first time in Uruguayan history consumers would have a choice of providers when ordering wired Internet service. It would also mean that Uruguay would join the almost unanimous majority of nations in the Americas where cable-delivered Internet is on
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The medium term track record of Antel's finances when looked at in constant dollars is one of slightly decreasing revenue, slightly increasing profit, and generous profit margins all around. In 2011 Antel had revenues of US$ 899,362,000 and net profits of US$ 155,630,000 (17.3% profit margin.) In
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Internet service, a historical reversal which would effectively bust Antel's erstwhile monopoly on wired Internet services. Indeed, in September 2023 three cable companies (TCC, Montecable and Nuevo Siglo) started offering
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December 2023 the Uruguayan government had approved the operation of Amazon's Kuiper satellite service, but only for sale of Internet services to corporations. As of that date Amazon hadn't launched any production satellites and thus in practice had no Internet service to offer.
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