Mobile phone company Nextel has been authorized to provide 4G service in Argentina, becoming the fourth provider in the market, communications regulator Enacom said on Tuesday.
Enacom said in a statement it sought to promote more competition for users. Movistar, Personal and Claro already offer 4G service.
In January 2016 Cablevision, a subsidiary of media firm Grupo Clarin, bought Nextel Communications Argentina, the No. 4 mobile phone operator in the country with 3 percent of the market.
Shortly after taking office center-right President Mauricio Macri disbanded the previous regulator and established Enacom.