UTS was established in March 1999 as a merging of the two existing telecommunications companies Antelecom N.V. and Setel N.V. in Curacao . This merging is a result of the need to a more aggressive response to the rapid development and convergence of IT and media technologies. Moving towards customer specific services and quality enhancement, United telecommunication Services is one of the Caribbean 's growing providers of Telecommunication Services serving consumers, businesses and governments as well.