Guatemala: Phone Lines Returned to StateIn response to approval of a new tax of $0.65 per telephone line, operating companies have returned 6 million lines to the Telecommunications Superintendency.Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Representatives from Claro, Tigo and Telefónica each returned 2 million inactive numbers with the aim of adjusting their internal policies to adapt to the new tax which will come into effect next year. The chief of the Tax Collection Authority, Omar Franco, assured Elperiodico.com.gt that "... Companies will have to make the necessary adjustments in order to estimate how much income will be as a result of the new tax. We did not know that this tax would end up being approved in the 2015 Budget. Congress considered and approved a levy based on the 23 million lines assigned, now that this figure has been reduced it will have to be re-estimated. " Source: elperiodico.com.gt ¿Busca soluciones de inteligencia comercial para su empresa?Guatemalan Telephone Market FiguresJune 2018 Between 2016 and 2017, the country registered a 9% increase in the number of lines in operation, rising from 18.2 million to 19.9 million. Guatemala: Fixed Lines Growing Faster Than Cell Phone LinesJanuary 2017 Between December 2015 and June 2016 the number of fixed telephone lines grew by 40%, while the number of mobile lines grew by only 3% in the same period. Guatemala: Telephony Tax Under QuestionFebruary 2015 In Congress doubts are being voiced over the effectiveness of the application of a tax of $0.65 per phone line and $13 for call centers. Guatemala: Tax on Telephony SuspendedJanuary 2015 The application of tax of $0.65 per mobile phone line that had been proposed by the Executive to fund part of the 2015 budget has been temporarily suspended.
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