{
  "id": 15088198,
  "title": "Movistar Becomes Tigo in Colombia After Millicom Takeover",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/movistar-becomes-tigo-in-colombia-after-millicom-takeover",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T01:33:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Colombia One",
    "slug": "colombia-one",
    "url": "https://colombiaone.com/2026/10/16/movistar-becomes-tigo-colombia-millicom-takeover/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The telecommunications giant Movistar has merged with Tigo in Colombia, following a year-long takeover by Millicom. As a result, the Movistar brand will be replaced by the message \"Movistar ahora es Tigo\" (Movistar is now Tigo). The merger, which affects 19 markets including mobile services, home internet and television, was approved by Colombia's competition authority in November 2025, subject to conditions. Millicom has spent a total of $8.5 billion to strengthen Colombia's connectivity, with plans to roll out 5G in 324 municipalities and connect 492,000 people in rural areas. The immediate impact for customers is minimal, as the companies assure that contracts will be honored, prices will remain unchanged, and SIM cards and phone numbers will be kept. However, bills will display the Tigo logo starting this month, and phone screens will show the Tigo network name from November. The merger is expected to leave Claro, the current market leader, with two dominant players in Colombia.",
  "summary": "Movistar has become Tigo in Colombia after Millicom completed its takeover of Movistar’s parent company, Colombia Telecomunicaciones, marking a major change in the country’s telecommunications market. The company announced that the Movistar brand will disappear, replaced by the message “Movistar ahora es Tigo” (Movistar is now Tigo). Millicom assembled the deal over more than a […]",
  "key_points": [
    "Movistar merges with Tigo in Colombia after Millicom takeover",
    "Colombian competition authority approves merger in November 2025",
    "Customers' contracts, prices, and SIM cards remain unchanged"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Consolidating these major telecommunications assets creates a powerful duopoly that challenges the current market leader and accelerates the expansion of high-speed connectivity and 5G services across rural Colombia.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}