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Essay / America Movil - 1015
Latin America is known throughout history for calling the shots and having resources taken away with its bare hands. They were never appreciated for the struggles they waged to provide useful resources to distant countries. Fast forward to the new twentieth century and Latin America has taken over the corporate scene, one example being the company known as America Movil. A company that is once again putting Latin American countries on the map, but this time no one is managing them, but rather themselves. There are many telecommunications companies in the world, but one of the biggest that is taking the world by storm is a company called America Movil; it was founded in September 2000 by its owner Carlos Slim Helu as a side project for Telmex in Mexico City, Mexico, which is also its headquarters. ("America Movil") America Movil helps provide services to 246 million cell phone and landline users in 18 different countries and provides 31 million landlines, employs approximately 200,000 people and is known as the fourth largest major mobile network operator (americamovil.com), some countries where its services can be found are Jamaica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Argentina and many others. Not only do they provide telephone services, but they also provide broadband and landline internet as well as digital television. Additionally, America Movil provides television services to approximately 19 million subscribers, as well as broadband services to 19 million users. (Americamovil.com) The previously mentioned owners are Carlos Slim as President and Daniel Abourmrad as CEO of the company who is also Carlos' son-in-law. Carlos Slim was born in Mexico City, Mexico, and claims to be a...... middle of paper ...... has made a name for himself in both positive and negative ways, but because he is a successful business that comes with it. It is one of the largest telecommunications companies in Latin America, based in Mexico City, not the United States. It's pretty hard for a company to make a name for itself when the country above it has a lot more power, but America Movil has proven otherwise. The fact that its sister companies are spread across Latin America makes America Movil a more publicized company, which will then get people talking and spreading the word about America Movil. Nowadays, America Movil is like the epicenter of almost all Latin American telephone operators. If this company has made this much progress in fourteen years, imagine what else this company and its sister companies have in store for us in the years to come..