According to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database, Movistar Uruguay, wholly-owned by Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica, secured four 10MHz blocks in the 1900MHz band in telecoms regulator Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Comunicaciones (URSEC’s) March 2013 mobile spectrum auction, bidding USD8.002 million for each lot of paired spectrum. Market leader Antel launched Uruguay’s first commercial LTE network in December 2011, while Claro, a unit of Mexican telecoms giant America Movil, deployed its own LTE offering in Montevideo in February 2014.