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Terra | |
Company type | Sociedad Anónima |
Industry | Internet |
Predecessor | Terra Networks, S.A. |
Founded | Madrid, Spain (January 25, 1999 ) |
Founder | Juan Villalonga |
Headquarters | , Spain[1] |
Area served | Brazil |
Key people | David Giner García (CEO) |
Services | Web portal, Internet service provider, Search engine |
Parent | Telefónica, S.A. |
Website | www www www www www www |
Terra was a Spanish Internet multinational company owned by Telefónica. It was headquartered in Spain and had offices in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, the United States and Peru. Part of the Telefónica Group (the former Spanish public telephone monopoly), Terra operated as a web portal or Internet access provider in the United States, Spain and 16 Latin American countries. It was founded in 1999 as Terra Networks, S.A., a publicly traded company with Telefónica as its main shareholder. All outstanding shares were purchased by Telefónica in 2017, making Terra a wholly owned subsidiary.