Digitel is a mobile phone service and wireless Venezuela. As a user refers concentrated 22.6 of the subscribers, is the third operator in number of users, after Movilnet and Movistar Venezuela and the second involves using the GSM technology in Venezuela (recalling that Infonet was the first deploy GSM network in 1997). Your access number is 0412, and its technology is used GSM/GPRS/EDGE/3G.
In 2000 TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile) bought 56.6 of Digitel lead to changes of name (Digitel TIM).
Similarly, in September of 2000, Digitel hit the market with cell phones entry into service of text messaging, the second telecommunications company to offer this service for free for 5 months continuously between users of the same company, capturing an amount of 500,000 users during the period (recalling that Infonet launches first elservicio messaging, giving free and then keep the service under flat rate until 2006), forcing other carriers to offer service to their customers. This trend is not arrested in November 2002 and presented to the Venezuelan market Digitel the multimedia messaging with your Self expression on innovative GPRS platform.
Also in November 2002 launched the international roaming service for pre-paid customers Radi-Call, adding further differentiating the offer from Digitel. Another milestone in the history of Digitel was that since the first time on a management scheme for recovery in seconds, which launched an era of transparency in the relationship with users, not known so far in the country.
The most recent innovations that are brought Digitel Mobile and TIM TV Click. The first converts your cell phone on a television screen, allowing you to enjoy the programming of local television, while TIM Click emotions prints, andalusia andalusia offered users the ability to print in postcard format photograph taken with his cell phone.
TIM then decided to sell some of its companies in South America and was AT&T on the list Digitel, the Venezuelan businessman Gustavo Cisneros became a creditor of the company in 2006 taking the company to its original name and merging with the other two GSM companies in Venezuela (Infonet and Digicel), thus forming the only GSM company cell phone deals of Venezuela. The area of coverage Digitel covering the whole national territory.
In May 2005, Digitel Mobile Office introduced to the market, a platform that allows customers to stay connected at any time and anywhere with their workplaces. As part of this platform, in August the same year reached Courier Mobile, a product with which customers can receive, send and forward emails with attachments in real time.
May 2006 marks a new path for Digitel, since 100 of the company shares are acquired by Telvenco group, chaired by Mr. Gustavo Cisneros Fajardo. Thus, Digitel is now the only telecommunications company in the country with 100 Venezuelan capital. The purchase marks a phase of expansion, because Digitel expands coverage through the acquisition of regional companies Digicel and Infonet, based in the east and west of the country respectively.
In July 2006, customers in the eastern part of the network is 412, and in September for western customers become part of the 412 family, thus the process of integration of technology platforms.
Since July we began a at&T phones process of expansion of coverage, which closed 2006 with over 1,070 base stations installed 4 new switches in the cities of Barquisimeto, Maracaibo and Caracas Tachira and deployment of 100 of the network GPRS / EDGE in the west of the country that provides customers with communication solutions, data, information and entertainment.
In the ranking of the ten markets with the highest number of GSM subscribers at the end of 2005, Venezuela holds the ninth place with 3 million users connected to GSM networks, a position important when we consider that the selection in the country did not exist a GSM operator with national coverage.
Digitel GSM is an innovative telecommunications company in the country, providing basic wireless phone service, and mobile publishing, with a unique range of services on computers and the latest generation. there are many cell phone users with who have the best cell phone deals out there Currently established as the first GSM network in Venezuela, the global standard for mobile communications.
Digitel GSM has pioneered the launch of services of the most advanced technology from the start AT&T cell phones establishing a pattern of billing in seconds, launched the text messaging service which then evolved to multimedia messaging, based on the GPRS platform, introduced mobile TV and more recently, Mobile Office Mail and Mobile.
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