Claro Americas - Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay

Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay

Further information: Claro Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay

Claro was launched in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay on March 25, 2008, in a rebranding of CTI Móvil. As of March 31, 2007, the former brand provided patronage to more than 12.795 million subscribers, with services on CDMA/1XRTT and GSM/GPRS/EDGE wireless technologies. As of March 2008, Claro has more subscribers than the other companies.

CTI Móvil had purchased Hutchison Telecommunications Paraguay S.A. (the latter operated as "Port Hable") in July 2005, to begin serving customers in that country. Claro subsequently competes with international operators like Tigo (Millicom), Personal (Telecom Argentina / Telecom Italia), and VOX (formerly KDDI, VOX was acquired in 2011 by the state landline company, COPACO S.A.).

Claro provides a 3G UMTS/HSDPA network to the largest cities in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, and claims to offer the best 3G coverage in the region.