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WIND Telecom
FormerlySantiago Satélite Solar, C. por A.
Company typeS.A.
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded2008
HeadquartersSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic
Area servedDominican Republic
ProductsMobile telephony, fixed telephony
Websitewww.wind.com.do

WIND Telecom, S.A. is a telecommunications company in the Dominican Republic which operates networks for wireless Internet over WiMAX, VoIP telephony, and cable over MMDS in the Dominican Republic.

History

On January 29, 2010 WIND announced a partnership with Samsung Electronics to build out their WiMAX network. On November 29, 2010 WIND launched their WiMAX network in Santiago. On March 30, 2011 WIND announced their network buildout had been completed.

In June 2014, media announced the deployment of a TDD-LTE based network built by ZTE.

Services

Consumer

WIND Telecom provides bundled services under the WIND brand. These bundles offer discounts on their Television, Internet, and Telephone services.

Internet is provided over WiMAX. As of December 2012, their available speeds are as follows.

Prepaid Postpaid
Download Upload Download Upload
512kbit/s 256kbit/s 1Mbit/s 256kbit/s
1Mbit/s 256kbit/s 1.5Mbit/s 512kbit/s
1.5Mbit/s 384kbit/s 2Mbit/s 512kbit/s
2Mbit/s 512kbit/s 3Mbit/s 1Mbit/s
3Mbit/s 768kbit/s Unlimited

Enterprise

WIND offers symmetric and asymmetric Internet over WiMAX as well as Internet Backhaul over fibre or microwave. WIND also provides SIP telephone, television, and virtual fax services.

Notes

  1. Hipólito Delgado (February 2, 2010), Wind Telecom prepara red WiMax 4G móvil (in Spanish), retrieved December 15, 2012
  2. "WIND Telecom llega a Santiago", Diario Libre (in Spanish), November 29, 2010, retrieved December 15, 2012
  3. "WIND Telecom y Samsung completan implementación primera red 4G en RD", Diario Libre (in Spanish), March 30, 2011, retrieved December 15, 2012
  4. "ZTE Wins 4G Contract in Dominican Republic". cellular-news. 2014-06-24. Retrieved 2014-06-25.

External links

Telecommunications companies of the Dominican Republic
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