THE CONVERSION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
Medina by Balbuena
NUMBER 11
growth and development of the Dominican Telecommunications, have been closely linked to the Dominican Company Phone (CODETEL), which was incorporated November 11, 1930 as a subsidiary of the Anglo Canadian Telephone Company, began operations months later, in San Pedro de Macoris, with the installation of the first automatic telephone exchange outside Santo Domingo and the geographical space it occupies and the investments made after all these years.
In 1931, he acquired franchise to operate the telephone service in the capital, by purchasing the Santo Domingo Electric Company, a subsidiary of American Telephone & Telegraph (AT & T), which at the time was also under his responsibility to supply electricity in the Dominican capital.
Until 1930, telephone service had been operated by the Government, but being virtually destroyed by the cyclone of San Zeno all facilities, this was unable to continue operating.
The service recovery involved a total reconstruction, for which the Government lacked the necessary resources, despite the fact that Santo Domingo was only about 500 phones in service. CODETEL
then signed a contract with the Dominican government, which the company officially handed over the entire inter-phone service, granting exclusive franchise for the operation of long distance service nationally and internationally.
The company subsequently acquired franchises Santiago, Puerto Plata and La Vega and began reconstruction of the interconnection network of these villages with the capital, which had also been almost completely destroyed by the cyclone of San Zeno.
Another phenomenon that hit the country's doors, leaving him in a position of national emergency, it was Hurricane David in September 1979. The destruction caused by this phenomenon, they left their nets almost entirely useless, for which assistance was required its parent company, GTE, which sent technicians to support and strengthen the work of local staff.
Despite having fallen to the ground on 30% of cable telephone service, five weeks after the damage had been almost completely corrected, CODETEL demonstrating once again its strength and efficiency.
The true story of CODETEL development began in 1968 with the submarine cable installation, followed by the ground station for satellite communications Cambita Garabito, who came to drive more than 60 percent of international traffic.
submarine cable and earth station preparatory stages came to be one of the most important events in the history of CODETEL: the country's integration into the global network of dial direct distance dialing (DDD) 21 November 1981.
can then be made from the Dominican Republic to the United States, Canada and part of the Caribbean Basin, direct calls without operator assistance. In November 1986, DOD completed the extension to Central and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania, thus connecting the remotest corner of the planet.
Together with the expansion of DDD to encompass the world, introduced a new technology, Zero Plus, dial through the Zero when necessary a communication from person to person or office.
addition U.S. established direct circuits with Venezuela, Colombia, Curacao, Virgin Islands, St. Martin, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Antigua, Argentina, Aruba, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Korea, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico and Tortola.
From February 1, 2007, , three years after Verizon sold its operations to a Mexican company. Now the new name is clear and CODETEL. The e-mail were changed from 30 April to 1 May 2007,
Cash at day two (02) February, two thousand four (2004) , the company changed the company name CODETEL, C. A., Verizon Dominicana, C. By A., a procedure which was duly published and filed with the Chamber of Commerce and Production of Santo Domingo, in accordance with the provisions of the Commercial Registration Law 3-02.
This change follows the global strategy of the parent VERIZON to extend the brand to all continents and countries where its subsidiaries hold the same standards of technology, service and value. Being
the country immersed in signing international trade agreements, having a global brand strength of both prestige and the Dominican Republic will provide a strategic advantage in the signing of these treaties.
Given the dynamic and demanding public that likes Dominican Telecommunications, and demand increasingly growing better and innovative services, other internationally renowned companies also were interested in bringing their technologies to the country and thus INTERNATIONAL ORANGE is that he comes to the Dominican Republic, and l 17 November 2000 and was born Orange Dominicana as a subsidiary of France Telecom Group.
Orange comes to Dominican Republic as the first operator with GSM / GPRS and with the aim of expanding the brand to America. Dominican Republic at that time had three telephone operators in just one year and achieved a position in the second.
Closing 2000, Orange Dominicana had 101 employees with about 20 thousand lines in service and at the end of next and had more than 300,000, when the number of lines in the country was 1.3 million. The growth in the number of mobile lines in the country experienced during the year 2001 was an impressive 80%, and much of it belongs to Orange. The news that differed from the competitors were: SMS service and diversity of terminals, whose prices, the economy of scale of GSM were much cheaper than CDMA. The Dominican audience was delighted with the new features and GSM terminal equipment.
By 2002 it had become in the second mobile operator, moving companies more time in the Dominican market and is considered the most innovative in introducing other products in its bid, such as billing per second, Orange and Orange auto roaming. Consolidated as the second mobile communication company in 2003 increased its customer base to more than half a million, and also launches its exclusive offer Orange Multimedia. By 2004, more than 700,000 customers have roaming service in 100 countries and has approximately 500 employees.
reiterating the 2005 takes hold its commitment to innovation and the community. On 17 July of that year, Orange launched the campaign for me and that day was called "Orange Day." Multimedia becomes Orange Orange World, and offers improved service and real-time television, video, simultaneous translation, among others from the same phone.
Through exchange agreements with Verizon and Centennial MiniMessages, expand the communication possibilities for its customers with eighty percent of mobile phone users.
In 2006 he launched the campaign "One million customers, thanks a million", which gave one million pesos to one winner and thousands of dollars in cash. In addition, the program was relaunched fidepuntos which consolidates the loyalty of existing customers and offer better deals based on the consumption level and additional points for seniority. In this same year with the launch of prepaid roaming, Orange became the pioneer in the country to offer this type of service and placed on a level with the other operators in Latin America that offer it. As part of the continuing evolution of the brand, was relaunched individual plans Max Orange, Orange flex, and Flex Young Orange Card. In addition, he joined the Orange brand Music , with the sponsorship of festivals, concerts, musical and theatrical events, thus promoting healthy entertainment of children, youth and adults.
2007 was a year of great deliveries expanded solutions to the communications needs of customers: - Orange direct recharge: with which you can recharge the phone automatically without Use a card. - HablaO: the ability to send voice MiniMessages. - Max Young Plan, first postpaid plan for the youth market. - My Tone: making it even more fun communication of the youth segment. - 128k SIM card that allows better management of information stored on the mobile. - Opening of new service centers nationwide and the new sales office in the eastern part of the city of Santo Domingo to provide better communication. - Services: recharge my account and call me, which give the opportunity to communicate even when there is no balance. - Favorite Number: for the user to call at very low cost to a number of your choice. - And the new card petite 20 wt.
In the same year 2007, with the launch of the Orange values \u200b\u200bextolled the virtues of the Dominican through Creole greats who have distinguished themselves by their excellent work.
2008 was received transcending the boundaries of the Dominican Republic: - Fits the Orange card service to provide communication with Haiti at the same price as a local call. - Recharge Recharge Spain and USA, allowing recharge from overseas to a mobile Domincana Republic. Also turns on the Express box, giving the ease of bill payment, ticketing and other transactions from the comfort of the vehicle.
Assuming corporate responsibility, Orange Dominicana pledged to bring its services to 60 new communities across the country without seeking any subsidy from the state.
fidepuntos offers, new openings and different services both in corporate and staff are tracing the pattern to follow.
Note: We will continue with new historical data collected for the book of the country's telecommunications.
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After 7 years as Marketing consultant, sales manager for Argentina and Latin America and director of the Southern Cone Matchode subsidiary, Paul Motl was promoted to CEO of the subsidiaries of the company in the Southern Cone, Mexico and Central. 
