ANTEL

Antel
	Telecommunications Tower in Montevideo
Company type	State-owned
Genre	Telecommunications
Founded	1974 (spun off from UTE)
Headquarters	Montevideo, Uruguay
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Annabela Suburú (President)
Revenue	US$0.9 billion (FY2011)
Owner	Government of Uruguay
Divisions	Antel Moviles, Antel Datos e Internet
Website	www.antel.com.uy

ANTEL (Spanish: Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones, lit. 'National Administration of Telecommunications') is Uruguay's government-owned telecommunications company, founded in 1974 as a separate legal entity after spinning off the telecommunications division of UTE, which had the monopoly of landline telephony since 1931. The company has a monopoly of landline telephony and data services in the country. They also provide mobile phone services (in direct competition with Claro and Movistar) and Internet-related services, being the only provider of ADSL and land-line data services because of the monopoly situation.