ESTESA
ESTESA, abbreviated from Estaciones Terrenas de Satélite, was a Nicaraguan cable television company established in the early 1990s and was acquired by Claro in 2008 (ESTESA's services continue under Claro's brand name).
History
[edit]The Pellas family founded ESTESA in 1989.[1] Its initial offer consisted of just 12 channels.[2]
In 2003, ESTESA acquired all of its competitors in Managua and expanded its fiber network.[3] The company set up a new communication center in March 2007, with the aim of starting digital telephony and digital cable.[4] By 2008, ESTESA had 90 channels available in 11 departments.[2]
In August 2008, Claro, owned by telecom magnate Carlos Slim, acquired the entirety of ESTESA.[5] Its subscriber base moved to that of Claro, which was formerly ENITEL. The new brand name was adopted in 2009.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Alemán, Raúl Arévalo (August 7, 2008). "Estesa pasa de los Pellas a Slim". La Jornada (in Spanish).
- ^ a b "Estesa con amplia oferta". La Prensa (in Spanish). May 3, 2008. Archived from [/https://www.laprensa.com.ni/2008/05/03/suplemento/empresariales/1521022-estesa-con-amplia-oferta the original] on September 27, 2021.
{{cite news}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ a b "Los Medios Digitales: Nicaragua" (pdf) (in Spanish). Open Society Foundations. 2013.
- ^ "Estesa sigue". La Prensa (in Spanish). March 17, 2007. Archived from the original on October 3, 2021.
- ^ "Mexican Telecom Giant Buys Out Estesa". The Tico Times. August 15, 2008.