Elperiodico.com.gt reports that "After nearly two decades of steady expansion, in the first half of this year the cellular figures reported a negative, according to a report prepared by the Superintendency of Telecommunications (SIT)."

From January to June 2012, the SIT report notes that two of the three mobile operators in the country accumulated a loss of more than one million users.

Sources in the SIT, say the decrease corresponds to an adjustment in the collection of mobile phone users, as operators have discounted numbers that have not been used from four to six months.

Source: elperiodico.com.gt

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