América Móvil

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América Móvil AMX is a publicly traded wireless communications company that provides services to over 93.3 million wireless subscribers in Latin America as of December 31st 2005. The company has been a venture of Carlos Slim Helú. World headquarters is located in Mexico City, Mexico. It was ranked number 1 Information Technology company in 2006 by the Business Week magazine [1].

Its Mexican subsidiary, Telcel is the largest mobile operator in Mexico, commanding a market share in excess of 70 per cent. It operates under the name Claro (mobile phone network) in Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Peru. It operates under the name COMCEL in Colombia. It operates under the name CTI Movil in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. It operates under the name Tracfone in the United States.

Last 15 November 2005, America Movil signed an international pact with Vodafone Group to jointly deliver various international services.

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