America Movil

America Movil | March 15, 2011 | Press Release Mexico City, Mexico, March 15, 2011 — Ame?rica Mo?vil, S.A.B. de C.V. (“AMX”) (BMV: AMX; NYSE: AMX; Nasdaq: AMOV; LATIBEX: XAMXL) announced that in today’s meeting, its Board of Directors decided …

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Business Week | March 11, 2011 | Associated Press Mexican telecom company American Movil plans to acquire a cell phone company’s operations in Honduras and El Salvador. Latin America’s largest phone service provider says it has reached a deal to …

Wall Street Journal | March 9, 2011 | Anthony Harrup MEXICO CITY—Mexico’s largest phone company Telefonos de Mexico SAB said it plans to split into two companies, one of which will serve rural and marginalized areas where competitors haven’t invested. The …

Embratel and Claro Brazil: With the Rio 2016 Olympic Games to be a national sponsor, exclusively in the Telecommunication Services categories. Thus, Embratel and Claro will be able to use the right of associating their brand to the Rio 2016 …

Bloomberg | March 4, 2011 | Laura Price Brazil Says Raising Rate to 11.75% Part of ‘Adjustment Process’ Brazil’s central bank signaled it will raise the benchmark interest rate for a third straight meeting next month, after pushing borrowing costs yesterday …

Synchronica | March 1, 2011 | Press Release Highlights: Porta Ecuador offers Synchronica-based mobile instant messaging (IM) service to all 10.3 million subscribers Porta’s carrier-branded mobile IM service will create customer stickiness and reduce churn Synchronica’s industry-standard IMPS technology provides …

A group of top mobile operators have publicly committed to launching and supporting Near Field Communications technology in short order, according to the GSMA.The group of 15 global operators making the early commitment to launch NFC services in some markets …

February 16 2011 – 12:15 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News Latin American telecommunications provider América Móvil (AMX) said it will introduce a mobile advertising platform that will deliver targeted advertisements to mobile devices based on consumer …

Business News Americas | February 15, 2011 | Patrick Nixon As many as 400mn Latin Americans will have a smartphone in the next five years, as the boom in mobile data traffic use drives down the cost of these devices, …

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Bloomberg | February 10, 2011 | Betty Liu Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) — Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim talks with Bloomberg’s Betty Liu about his 2011 investment strategy in Latin America and his holdings in Saks Inc. and the New York Times …

Reuters | February 8, 2011 | Michael O’Boyle * America Movil posts 4.7 pct drop in profits * Surprisingly strong growth in new mobile subscribers * Bigger stake helps lift Slim’s wealth to about $75 bln (Updates with earnings results, estimate …

Reuters | February 4, 2011 | Cyntia Barrera Diaz Telcel, the commercial brand of tycoon Carlos Slim’s cell phone giant America Movil, proposed new, lower fees for its rivals to connect to the company’s massive network in Mexico on Friday. …