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Carso Global Telecom

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Type
  
Subsidiary

Net income
  
US$ 1.2 billion (2009)

Founded
  
24 June 1996

Parent organization
  
América Móvil

Industry
  
Telecommunications

Headquarters
  
Mexico City, Mexico

Number of employees
  
82,890

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Key people
  
Jaime Chico Pardo, (Chairman & CEO)

Products
  
Fixed & Mobile telecommunications Internet services Cable television

Revenue
  
US$ 16.0 Billion (2009)

Subsidiaries
  
Telmex, América Móvil, Telcel

Carso Global Telecom is a telecommunications holding company, which through its subsidiaries, provides various telecommunication services. Carso Global Telecom was spun off from Carlos Slim Helú's Grupo Carso conglomerate in 1996. Top Latin American mobile carrier América Móvil bought Carso Global Telecom for about $17.6 billion in mid-2010 as part of a larger $21 billion plan to consolidate Slim's telecom holdings in Latin America.

The Chief Executive Officer and President of the Board of Directors is Jaime Chico Pardo.

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    • References

    Carso Global Telecom Wikipedia
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