m vil s.a.b. de c.v type sociedad an nima burs til de capital variable traded as bmv amx nyse amx nasdaq amov bmad amxl industry telecommunications founded 2000 headquarters plaza carso mexico city mexico area served south america north america europe key people carlos slim hel chairman daniel hajj aboumrad ceo iran campbell jr general manager products fixed line and mobile telephony broadband and fixed line internet services digital television it and network services revenue us 59.3 billion 2012 1 operating income us 12.4 billion 2012 1 net income us 7.1 billion 2012 1 number of employees 158 694 subsidiaries claro telmex net embratel telcel tracfone wireless page plus cellular . website www.americamovil.com am rica m vil is a mexican telecommunications corporation headquartered in mexico city mexico . it is the fourth largest mobile network operator in terms of equity subscribers and one of the largest corporations in the world . am rica m vil is a forbes global 2000 company . a venture of carlos slim am rica m vil provides services to 289.4 million wireless subscribers 34.3 million landlines 22.6 million broadband accesses and 21.5 million paytv units as of the end of 2014 . 2 contents 1 company information 2 alleged cost 3 telmex acquisition 4 am rica m vil global wireless customers 5 am rica m vil in the world 6 am rica m vil wireless technology by country 6.1 south america 6.2 caribbean 6.3 central america 6.4 north america 6.5 europe 7 kpn acquisition attempt 8 see also 9 references 10 external links company information edit the company s world headquarters are located in mexico city mexico . its mexican subsidiary telcel is the largest mobile operator in that country commanding a market share in excess of 70 % . the company operates under its claro subsidiaries in many countries in latin america and the caribbean these include jamaica the dominican republic el salvador guatemala honduras nicaragua peru argentina uruguay chile paraguay puerto rico colombia and ecuador . in brazil it also operates claro and other subsidiary embratel . it owns 30 % of kpn telecom in the netherlands and has done a bid on 100 % of the shares . the group has also fully consolidated the telekom austria group into its financial reporting owning 59.7 % of its shares and using the austrian operator to expand am rica m vil s european network . 3 am rica m vil acquired 100 % of jamaican mobile operator oceanic digital under the brand name miphone in august 2007 . 4 on november 15 2005 the company signed an international pact with bridge alliance to jointly deliver various international services . citation needed in the united states it operates through its subsidiary tracfone wireless inc. under the brands tracfone net10 wireless straight talk simple mobile telcel am rica page plus cellular and total wireless . it is one of the leading national pre paid wireless service provider in the u.s. as of december 2010 update the company was one of the top four telecommunications companies in the world and boasted 290 000 kilometres of fiber optic cable making it the largest in infrastructure . 5 with annual sales of over 47 billion as of april 2012 update the company is currently the largest company in mexico by revenue more than the next five largest companies combined . with annual profits of over 5 billion as of april 2012 update the company is currently the most profitable company in mexico more than the next three most profitable companies combined . with assets of over 67 billion as of april 2012 update the company is currently the largest company in mexico by assets with banorte very closely behind them with assets of over 59 billion as of april 2012 update it is highly likely that the company will buy a group of companies with at least 29 billion in assets in 2013 in the pension insurance payroll currency exchange and mutual funds industries to secure their position as the most asset rich company in mexico . with a market value of over 93 billion as of april 2012 update the company is currently the most valuable company in mexico more than the next three most valuable companies combined . alleged cost edit lack of competition in telecommunications in mexico is estimated to cost the economy of mexico 25 billion a year 6 7 although this finding has been disputed by economists and academics such as hausman & ros where the authors conclude the opposite there was in fact a consumer surplus of 4 5 billion usd with respect to comparable countries . 8 telmex acquisition edit in january 2010 it made an offer to buy carso telecom and telmex international in order to better compete against spain s telefonica and malaysia s telekom malaysia . the acquisition was approved by the cfc comisi n federal de competencia antitrust office in mexico on february 11 2010 . am rica m vil had once been telmex mobile division but since its spinoff in 2001 it had grown far larger than its former parent . 9 am rica m vil global wireless customers edit as of dec 2014 10 north america united states tracfone wireless tracfone net10 wireless straight talk safelink wireless simple mobile total wireless and telcel am rica 26.006 million mexico telcel 71.463 million central america and the caribbean costa rica dominican republic el salvador guatemala honduras nicaragua panama puerto rico claro 19.065 million south america colombia claro 29.776 million per claro 12.498 million brazil claro 71.107 million argentina paraguay uruguay claro 22.000 million ecuador claro 11.772 million chile claro 5.754 million europe austria a1 bulgaria mtel belarus velcom croatia vipnet slovenia si.mobil serbia vip mobile macedonia vip operator liechtenstein telecom liechtenstein 20.008 million global wireless customers 289.449 million am rica m vil in the world edit am rica m vil in the world am rica m vil wireless technology by country edit south america edit cdma 800 1900mhz gsm gprs edge 850 1900mhz umts hsdpa 850 1900mhz first umts live by am rica m vil tdma 800mhz discontinued in 2009 11 gsm gprs edge 900 1800mhz umts hsdpa 850 2100mhz lte 2600mhz tdma 800mhz gsm gprs edge 850 1900mhz umts hsdpa 850mhz soon 1900 tdma 800mhz gsm gprs edge 850mhz soon 1900 umts hsdpa 850mhz soon 1900 gsm gprs edge 850 1900mhz umts hsdpa 850mhz soon 1900 cdma 1900mhz gsm gprs edge 850 1900mhz umts hsdpa 850mhz soon 1900 gsm gprs edge 1900mhz umts hsdpa 1900mhz gsm gprs edge 1900mhz umts hsdpa 1900mhz caribbean edit cdma 800 1900mhz gsm gprs edge 850 1900mhz umts hsdpa 850mhz soon 1900 cdma 800 1900mhz gsm gprs edge 850 1900mhz umts hsdpa 850mhz soon 1900 cdma 800mhz gsm gprs edge 850mhz umts hsdpa 850mhz central america edit cdma 1900mhz gsm gprs edge 900 1900mhz umts hspa 1900mhz first hspa high speed packet access live by am rica m vil gsm gprs edge 1900mhz umts hsdpa 1900mhz gsm gprs edge 1900mhz umts hsdpa 1900mhz gsm gprs edge 1900mhz umts hsdpa 850mhz gsm gprs edge 1900mhz umts hsdpa 850mhz north america edit cdma 800 1900mhz gsm gprs edge 850 1900mhz mvno tdma 800mhz gsm gprs edge 850 1900mhz umts hsdpa 850 1900mhz lte 1700mhz europe edit gsm gprs edge 900 1800mhz umts hsdpa 900 2100mhz lte 800 1800 2600 mhz gsm gprs edge 900 1800mhz umts hsdpa 2100mhz gsm gprs edge 900 1800mhz umts hsdpa 2100mhz lte 1800mhz gsm gprs edge 900mhz umts hsdpa 2100mhz lte 800 1800mhz gsm gprs edge 900 1800mhz umts hsdpa 900 2100mhz lte 800 1800 2600 mhz gsm gprs edge 900 1800mhz umts hsdpa 2100mhz lte 1800mhz gsm gprs edge 900 1800mhz umts hsdpa 2100mhz lte 800 1800 2600 mhz gsm gprs edge 900 1800mhz umts hsdpa 2100mhz lte 800mhz kpn acquisition attempt edit in early august 2013 am rica m vil offered to take over the remaining 70 % stake of the dutch telecommunications company kpn for 7.2 billion euros 9.49 billion . am rica m vil currently owns close to 30 % of kpn . the dutch government has warned against this acquisition quoting it as a threat to national security . the dutch government s intervention comes after the council representing employees of kpn urged authorities to halt am rica m vil s planned bid . 12 see also edit mexico portal companies portal movistar mexico telefonica iusacell unef n nextel mexico nii holdings references edit a b c financial tables . yahoo investor relations . yahoo inc. retrieved july 5 2010 . am rica m vil 4th quarter results 2014 . retrieved 22 feb 2015 . telekom austria aktion rsstruktur . retrieved 23 jun 2015 . business news americas staff reporter . amx buys jamaican operator oceanic digital . bnamericas . buzz in the air as amx comes of age . financial times . telecoms reform would boost competition and growth in mexico says oecd . oecd . january 30 2012 . retrieved march 12 2013 . the oecd review of telecommunication policy and regulation in mexico says that the lack of competition has led to extremely high prices for consumers and businesses and slowed the take up of new services . stryszowska marta 2012 estimation of loss in consumer surplus resulting from excessive pricing of telecommunication services in mexico oecd digital economy papers no. 191 ditions ocde . accessed 16 may 2014 . http www.americamovil.com amx es cm news 2012 hausman rosoecdrebuttalfinal.pdf 1 2 http www.claro.com.br sites files regulamentos arquivos regulamento comunicado.pdf dolia estevez 13 september 2013 . dutch government issues warning on takeover of telecom firm kpn by mexican billionaire carlos slim . forbes . external links edit official website v t e am rica m vil group claro branded argentina brazil fixed services brazil mobility services colombia chile dominican republic ecuador el salvador guatemala honduras jamaica nicaragua panama paraguay peru puerto rico uruguay telmex branded mexico usa telekom austria group austria belarus bulgaria croatia liechtenstein macedonia serbia slovenia other amx group brands brazil embratel net mexico telcel al usa net10 wireless simple mobile straight talk telcel america tracfone v t e major information technology 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