BTL
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| BTL BTL Belize Telecommunications Limited - BTL owner of Digicell
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| BTL Web Site of BTL / Belize
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| BTL / Belize Telecom - Cell Phone Services and fixed lines.
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| BTL is a monopoly phone company owned by the government of Belize.
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| BTL / DigiCell - Belize Telecommunications Limited
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| Belize Telecommunications
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| BTL Rates
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| Telemedia's International Call Rates -
Per Minute Rates, inclusive of General Sales Tax -
Calls are billed in 15 sec. increments
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| Peak - 6:01 am - 5:59 pm
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| Off-Peak - 6:00pm - 6:00am and all Weekend
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| Code: 1 - USA - Mainland - All types of Services (Mobile or Fixed)
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| Rate : $1.29 Direct Dialled Service at Peak Rate with $0.82/min for calls over 5 min
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| Rate : $1.04 Direct Dialled at Off-Peak Rate with $0.55/min for calls over 5 min
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| Rate : $1.06 Assisted service 10-10-199 at Peak Rate with $0.59 for calls over 5 min
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| Rate : $0.84 Assisted service 10-10-199 at Off-Peak Rate with $0.44 for calls over 5 min
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| Rates BTL Rates
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| Belize Telecommunications
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| Stats: Above-average system in Central America. The telecommunications rates in Belize remain the highest in Central America.
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| Domestic Lines: fixed-line teledensity of 10 per 100 persons;
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| Mobile and cellular teledensity roughly 55 per 100 persons
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| Cell phones in Belize growed overtaking land phones. Internet access , SMS, MMS and broadband are standard features on cell phones.
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| Network: The main trunk network is based primarily on fibre optic underground network backed up by microwave radio relay.
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| Fiber Optic : Belize was connected to the landing point of fiber-optic telecommunications submarine cable ARCOS-1 in 2008.
The ARCOS-1 fiber optic system provides high-speed data transfer
and enhanced reliability for Belize's international communication to world.
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| The ARCOS-1 or Americas Region Caribbean Ring System provides fiber optic links to the US, South and Central America, and parts of the Caribbean. ARCOS-1 Increased the capacity and improved the quality for voice telephony, high-speed data transfer, multimedia services and any other digital communications.
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| Satellite : Backup communications in Belize used satellite earth station - 8 (Intelsat - 2, unknown - 6)
The earth station in Belmopan provided the traditional satellite provided international communications to Belize.
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| Legal: BTL was expropriated in 2009 the from its private owners the Ashcroft Group.
The expropriation still in a long lasting series of court cases in Belize and the U.K.
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| In 2011, Belize Telemedia Ltd. outsourced its email service to a third-party reseller,
after many complaints with the email services.
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| BTL - Cellular Phone Services
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| BTL - Belize Telecommunications Limited is the largest telecommunication company and cell phone service provider in Belize.
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| BTL is owned by the government of Belize.
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| Belize network covers most of the country and some marine areas close to major coastal population centers.
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| Belize Telecom - Cell Phone Services and fixed lines.
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