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Judi Lynn

(160,631 posts) Thu Dec 26, 2013, 05:40 PM Dec 2013

Mexico's TV Azteca to build, operate fiber optic network in Peru

Mexico's TV Azteca to build, operate fiber optic network in Peru
MEXICO CITY Mon Dec 23, 2013 2:10pm EST

Dec 23 (Reuters) - Mexico's second-biggest broadcaster TV Azteca said on Monday it had won a contract to build and operate a fiber optic network in Peru that will cover about 80 percent of the Andean nation, the company said in a statement.

The Peruvian government will spend $760 million on construction of the network, the statement said.

TV Azteca, the main competitor of Televisa is controlled by billionaire businessman Ricardo Salinas.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/23/mexico-tvazteca-idUSL2N0K210G20131223?rpc=401

(Short article, no more at link.)

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