CANTV

CANTV (Compañía Anónima Nacional de Teléfonos de Venezuela) is the state-run telephone and internet service provider in Venezuela. It was one of the first telephone service enterprises in the country, founded in 1930. The largest telecommunications provider in Venezuela, it was privatized in 1991, and re-nationalized in 2007 by Hugo Chavez.

For the Chicago, Illinois based cable television public access agency, see CAN-TV.
Compañía Anónima Nacional de Teléfonos de Venezuela
Company typePublic
BVC: TDV.D
IndustryTelecommunications
FoundedJune 20, 1930
HeadquartersCaracas, Venezuela
Key people
Manuel Fernández (President)
Ernesto Paiva (CEO)
ProductsWireline and wireless telecommunication
Internet service provider
ParentGovernment of Venezuela
SubsidiariesCantv.net
Caveguías
Movilnet
Websitewww.cantv.com.ve

As of May 9, 2008, Cantv’s customer base numbered 10.1 million mobile subscribers, 5.2 million fixed telephony subscribers and 1,000,000 broadband subscribers.

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