Telesur (Suriname)
The Telecommunications Company Suriname (Telesur) is the government owned full telecommunications service provider for the American nation of Suriname. The services provided by Telesur include telephone, internet and wireless CDMA, GSM, UMTS, HSPA+ and LTE. Telesur is currently running a 900/1800 Mhz GSM, a 2100 MHz HSDPA, and a 450Mhz CDMA EVDO network.
Telesur manages and operates the .sr country code top-level domain.
History
Telesur was founded on May 1, 1945 under the name s' Lands Telegraaf Telefoondienst (National Telegraph Operator), LTT, and was formed from the merge of the 's Lands Radiodienst, (country's Radio Service), (established in 1925) and the ’s Lands Telefoonwezen, (country's Phone Being), (founded in 1907). Twenty-eight years later, the company's name was changed to s' Lands Telegraaf Telefoonbedrijf (National Telegraph and Telephone Company). In 1981 the name of was officially changed to Telesur. Twenty-six years later, Telesur lost its monopoly position by the introduction of the law Telecommunications Services in Suriname. In 2008, the Surinamese telecommunications company, Telesur, expanded its operations to the Netherlands.
