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More Charges Filed In Mexico’s Media-Telecom Dispute

Wall Street Journal | March 23, 2011 | Anthony Harrup Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES MEXICO CITY (Dow Jones)--Mexico's largest mobile phone operator, America Movil SAB (AMX, AMX.MX) unit Telcel, said Wednesday that it has filed complaints with the country's antitrust regulator against broadcasters Grupo Televisa SAB...

More Charges Filed In Mexico's Media-Telecom Dispute

Wall Street Journal | March 23, 2011 | Anthony Harrup Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES MEXICO CITY (Dow Jones)--Mexico's largest mobile phone operator, America Movil SAB (AMX, AMX.MX) unit Telcel, said Wednesday that it has filed complaints with the country's antitrust regulator against broadcasters Grupo Televisa SAB...

Telcel Launches Mobile Application Store Powered by Appia

Appia | March 23, 2011 | Press Release Store Offers Free and Paid Mobile Apps to Over 64 Million Subscribers Telcel, the largest mobile operator in Mexico, today announces the availability of the Telcel Mobile Application Store, Ideas APPSTORE, powered by Appia. The store provides Telcel...

Mexico Regulator Sets Interconnection Rate For Telcel, Alestra

Wall Street Journal| March 16, 2011 | Anthony Harrup MEXICO CITY (Dow Jones)--Mexico's telecommunications regulator said Wednesday that it has settled a dispute on interconnection rates between Mexico's leading mobile phone operator, America Movil SAB (AMX, AMX.MX) unit Telcel, and fixed-line phone company Alestra, setting...

América Móvil announces a proposal for a forward stock split

America Movil | March 15, 2011 | Press Release Mexico City, Mexico, March 15, 2011 -- América Móvil, 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 to submit to the Ordinary and Extraordinary General...

Ame?rica Mo?vil announces a proposal for a forward stock split

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 to submit to the Ordinary and Extraordinary General...

Capital Markets: Digicel acquires Claro; America Movil announces stock split; and more

Digicel announced that it has signed an agreement with Am

America Movil to buy Central American telecoms

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 buy 100 percent of Jamaica-based Digicel's...

Mexico's Telmex to split in two

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 decision by the company controlled by...

Mexico’s Telmex to split in two

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 decision by the company controlled by...

Contracts: Rio Olympics chooses Embratel and Claro; HBO and Motorola; and more

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 Olympic Games and the...

Rio 2016 recruits telecommunications sponsor

Sports Business | March 7, 2011 | Matt Cutler A consortium of Embratel and Claro has been appointed as a national sponsor of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Embratel and Claro has acquired exclusive rights within the telecommunications category for the Games, with the sponsorship deal...

Latin Day Ahead: Brazil Signals It Will Raise Rates Next Month

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 to a two-year high to cool...

Billionaire vs. billionaire in Mexico feud

Wall Street Journal | March 4, 2011 | JOSÉ DE CORDOBA MEXICO CITY—Three of Mexico's most prominent billionaires—who were once a cozy group of amigos protecting each other's backs—are now battling over how to divvy up the country's $35-billion-a-year telecommunication and TV-broadcast market. The fight pits Carlos Slim,...

América Móvil's Porta Ecuador goes live with Synchronica mobile IM service

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 Porta with the opportunity to gain a high...

América Móvil’s Porta Ecuador goes live with Synchronica mobile IM service

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 Porta with the opportunity to gain a high...

America Movil inks rural telecoms services contract in Peru

Andina | February 24, 2011 Lima, Feb. 24 (ANDINA). America Movil has signed the contract for provision of telecoms services in Central and North Peru. America Movil won the tender for this project at the beginning of January. The contract was awarded by the Peruvian Ministry...

America Movil unit to invest $180 million in Ecuador in 2011

Wall Street Journal | February 17, 2011 | Mercedes Alvaro Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES QUITO (Dow Jones)--Ecuador's largest cellphone company, Porta Celular, the local unit of Mexican communications giant America Movil SAB, (AMX, AMX.MX) plans to invest about $180 million during 2011 in the Andean country,...

Mexico tycoon rivalry worsens over jump in ad rates

Reuters | February 21, 2011 | Cyntia Barrera Diaz (Reuters) - Billionaire Carlos Slim pulled advertising from Mexico's top broadcaster after ad rates spiked by 20 percent, a Slim spokesman said on Sunday, in a deepening rivalry between two of the country's top tycoons. But while Slim's...

GSMA places collective heft behind NFC

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 by 2012 includes: America...

Televisa faces loss of advertising

Wall Street Journal | February 18, 2011 | Jose De Cordoba MEXICO CITY—Companies controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim have decided to stop advertising through the country's biggest broadcaster, Grupo Televisa SAB. The move by Mr. Slim, expected to cost Televisa some 4% of its advertising...

America Movil Unit To Invest $180 Million in Ecuador In 2011

Wall Street Journal | February 17, 2011 | Mercedes Alvaro Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES QUITO (Dow Jones)--Ecuador's largest cellphone company, Porta Celular, the local unit of Mexican communications giant America Movil SAB, (AMX, AMX.MX) plans to invest about $180 million during 2011 in the Andean country,...

América Móvil taps Ericsson for mobile ad platform

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 preferences. The platform, which...

Up to 400mn subscribers to own smartphone in next 5 years – América Móvil – Regional

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, América Móvil (NYSE: AMX) chief...