Claro Argentina 9000 ARS

Headquartered in Córdoba, Argentina, Claro was launched in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay on March 25, 2008 in a rebranding of CTI Móvil. As of 31 March 2007 the former served more than 12.8 million subscribers on CDMA/1XRTT and GSM/GPRS/EDGE wireless.[citation needed] CTI Móvil purchased Hutchison Telecommunications Paraguay (which operated as "Port Hable") in July 2005 to begin serving customers in that country. As of 2006, Claro competed with international operators such as Tigo (Millicom), Personal (Telecom Argentina-Telecom Italia) and VOX (formerly KDDI. VOX was acquired in 2011 by the state landline company, COPACO). In these countries, the company used slogans such as "Es simple. Es Claro." ("It's simple. It's clear") and "Claro es Internet móvil de alta velocidad." ("Claro is high-speed mobile Internet.")