# Viva (network operator)

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Trilogy Dominicana Trade name Viva Type Subsidiary Industry Telecommunication Products Wireless telecommunication services Parent Telemicro

**Trilogy Dominicana**, [doing business as](/source/Trade_name) **Viva**, is a [mobile network operator](/source/Mobile_network_operator) in the [Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic).

## History

Centennial Dominicana's previous logo.

Founded in 1883 as [All America Cables & Radio Dominican Republic](/source/American_Cable_and_Radio_Corporation) (an [ITT](/source/ITT_Corporation) subsidiary), the company was the country's first telecom to offer [telegraph](/source/Telegraph) services to the [Antilles](/source/Antilles).

In January 2000, [Centennial Communications](/source/Centennial_Communications) purchased 70% of the company, forming Centennial Dominicana.[1] The company later launched a [CDMA2000](/source/CDMA2000) network and provided [Internet](/source/Internet) services over [EVDO](/source/EVDO).

On November 24, 2006 Centennial Communications announced that they were selling 100% of Centennial Dominicana to [Trilogy International Partners](/source/Trilogy_International_Partners) for US$80M.[2] In April 2008, Centennial announced a rename to Viva and launched their [GSM](/source/GSM)/[GPRS](/source/GPRS)/[EDGE](/source/EDGE_(telecommunication)) network.[3] At the end of 2015 the Telemicro group owned by the business man Juan Ramon Gomez Diaz acquired the operations of Trilogy Dominicana. In August 2017 Viva launched a new 4x4 MIMO 4G LTE network.[4]

## Plans

Viva has focused on prepaid and hybrid plans. Postpaid plans are commonly not featured in mainstream media.

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Historia 1996-2000"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110612023458/http://www.indotel.gob.do/centro-de-documentacion/historia/1996-2000.html), *Indotel* (in Spanish), archived from [the original](http://www.indotel.gob.do/centro-de-documentacion/historia/1996-2000.html) on June 12, 2011, retrieved June 27, 2011

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Centennial Dominicana confirma fue vendida por US$80 millones"](http://www.bancentral.gov.do/otras_noticias.asp?a=listindiario2006-11-23), *Listin Diario* (in Spanish), retrieved June 27, 2011

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Historia"](http://www.viva.com.do/nosotros/historia), *Viva* (in Spanish), retrieved June 27, 2011

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["VIVA Dominicana implementa Ericsson Charging System y 4G 4X4 MIMO"](http://viva.com.do/viva-dominicana-implementa-ericsson-charging-system-y-4g-4x4-mimo/). *viva.com.do* (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2017.

## External links

- [Official website](https://viva.com.do/)

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