With the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (Indotel) approving the Orange-Tricom purchases and merger, the parent company, Altice Group, announced the appointment of Ernest Rallo as chief executive offier of the newly merged company. Rallo has been at Orange Dominicana since November 2011 and has held several positions during this time including, secretary general, vice president in charge of human resources, analyst of risk, security, auditing and processes. Rallo is a French national with electrical and electronic engineering background and has been in the telecom sector for more than 30 years. He had begun his career abroad working with Telmex in Mexico City. Rallo has also worked in Senegal, and Yemen. Finally, Rallo was the Director of Home and Transportation Division for Orange in Rumania.
The Orange-Tricom merge makes the company a formidable competitor to market leader Claro.