Telecom operators and the SIT as sector regulator

Dossier: Energy, water and telecommunications05-energia-agua.md
Domain: Telecoms, fiber and data centerstelecomunicaciones
Room: Energy/energia
Audited: not audited

The mobile market is a duopoly: Tigo (Millicom) and Claro (America Movil). The regulator is the Superintendency of Telecommunications (SIT), which administers spectrum (the National Frequency Allocation Table) and numbering, keeps the registers of Commercial Network Operators (ORC), Local Network Operators (ORL) and International Gateway Operators (OPI), and publishes telephony statistics. The framework law is the General Telecommunications Act of 1996; it is believed to be Decree 94-96, but the number must be confirmed against the Diario de Centro America or SIT regulations.

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Figures

Operadores móvilesPlaza Pública; Living in Guatemala: Tigo (Millicom) y Claro (América Móvil)vigente
Ley marcoSIT — número de decreto no verificado: Ley General de Telecomunicaciones de 1996 (decreto por confirmar; se cree 94-96)1996

Caveat

decree number of the General Telecommunications Act to be confirmed

Sources

Plaza Pública, La posición ambigua de Tigo: tiene los derechos sobre la banda 4G pero no puede usarlosplazapublica.com.gtconsulted Aug 19, 2026
Living in Guatemala, Phone plans in Guatemala (fuente secundaria)livinginguatemala.comconsulted Aug 19, 2026
Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SIT)sit.gob.gtconsulted Aug 19, 2026

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