Viva (Bolivia)
The Telecommunications Company Nuevatel PCS de Bolivia S.A., better known as VIVA, is a telecommunications operator of Bolivia. It was founded in 1999. It is currently among the largest companies in the country. His specialty is in cell phone coverage in Bolivia. History. Nuevatel PCS was founded in 1999 from the investments of Western Wireless with 72% and COMTECO with 28% and began operations a year later. On January 9, 2005, Western Wireless entered into a merger agreement with Little Rock, Arkansas-based telecommunications provider Alltel in which Alltel agreed to pay $ 6 billion in stock - and  - cash to Western Wireless shareholders. Western Wireless shareholders voted on July 29, 2005, eleven years after Western Wirless' incorporation, to accept a $ 4.4 billion stock and cash offer from Alltel. The merger was closed on August 1, 2005. With this, a company attached to Viva, through Trilogy International Partners. Nuevatel is the third largest mobile phone provider in Bolivia, with a 24% market share as of 2017. Trilogy has a 72% stake in the company, the remaining 28% belongs to the local cooperative COMTECO telephony.