In 1974, Andrés Navarro Haeussler becomes partner with COPEC founding the Sociedad Nacional de Procesamiento de Datos Ltda: Sonda (National Society for Data Processing.)
First client were:
COPEC, Banco O’Higgins, Iansa, Abastible.
Later on, Telefonica become partners.Sonda try to expand services internationally with bad results.
This was a “Sour Deal” for Telefónica when lost more than 8 million of dollars and sold back their participation in the company to Navarro Haeussler for US$37.5 million
Sonda has been in “Hot Waters” in several countries:
- In Costa Rica, the government executed certificates of deposit for failure to fulfill contracts for a total of U$S 566.000.
- The same situation in Mexico with one of their affiliates Sonda-Pissa, this time for U$S 1.6 millions.
- In Brasil the Ministerio Público del Trabajo ( Ministry of Labor) demanded the affiliate Sonda do Brasil for U$S 26.6 millions.
- In Chile ,because of the Transantiago problems, the government executed 2 certificates of deposit for 76.000 UF each ( U$S 2.585 millions each) trough the Banco de Bilbao.
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