Hondutel’s former officials of the State are in national and international publications once again for allegedly receiving bribes from international companies. The new Alcatel-Lucent bribery scandal involving former officials of the Honduran State telephone company, Hondutel, has added a higher profile to the first bribery case of Hondutel’s, in 2007. That case involved the company […]
A new WikiLeak cable written in May of 2008 suggests that some U.S. diplomats might not have been too distraught to see former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya go. The document, signed by then U.S. ambassador to Honduras, Charles Ford, laughs at Zelaya as “almost a caricature of the land-owner ‘caudillo’ whose goal as president was […]
Members of the Syndication of Workers of the Honduran Telecommunications Business [Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Empresa Hondureña de Telecomunicaciones (Sitratel)] today took over the headquarters of the Honduran Telecommunications Company (Hondutel). Unionists have done so to protest what they say are violations of their collective labor agreements, the recruitment of staff for political reasons, […]
Yesterday afternoon, Óscar Danilo Santos was handcuffed and sent to the National Penitentiary. The former legal adviser to Hondutel is accused by prosecutors of committing several crimes, including stealing secrets which endangered people’s freedom and personal safety. Óscar Danilo Santos initially presented himself voluntarily to the court, and was granted substituted measures at his initial […]
The broadband and pay-TV market in Honduras will generate revenues in excess of US$ 275mn by 2015, according to a new report from Signals Telecom Consulting, which adds that the local market for packaged services is not yet mature. The recent purchase of Honduran mobile operator Tigo by Millicom (owner of local cable operator AMNET) […]