Belize Telecommunications Limited

BTL (Belize Telemedia Limited)

Type	Public
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1972 (Merged with Cable and Wireless Belize in 1987)
Headquarters	Belize City, Belize
Key people	Nestor Vasquez, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Products	Telephone, Internet
Revenue	22.1 million BZD (2015)
Net income	157.1 million USD (2015)
Number of employees	about 500
Website	belizetelemedia.net

Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), formerly Belize Telecommunications Limited, is a telecommunications company in Belize. Established in 1972 as the Telecommunications Authority, it rapidly became Belize's leading telecommunication provider in the 1980s and 1990s. In May 2007, it changed its name from Belize Telecommunications Limited to Belize Telemedia Limited. The wireless division of BTL is called DigiCell. In August 2009, the company was nationalized by the Government of Belize, who appropriated 94% of its shares which were previously controlled by Michael Ashcroft.