Netherlands-based Altice Group has completed the merger of its two Dominican Republic-based telecoms businesses – Orange Dominicana and Tricom – and has relaunched the combined business under the ‘Altice Dominicana’ brand name. The enlarged operator offers mobile, broadband, cable TV and VoIP services, as well as a triple-play solution comprising its fixed line products.
Previously, in September this year the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones, Indotel) approved Altice’s merger request. In doing so, the watchdog stipulated that the group must hand back the 30MHz block of 1900MHz spectrum that Tricom had used to support its small-scale CDMA and LTE networks. The merged company was, however, permitted to retain the 850MHz spectrum used by Tricom.
