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“América Móvil to acquire Verizon’s interest in Verizon Dominicana and Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico”
América Móvil, S.A. de C.V.(“América Móvil”) (BMV: AMX; NYSE: AMX; Nasdaq: AMOV; LATIBEX: XAMXL) today announced that it has entered into agreements with Verizon Communications Inc. (Verizon) to acquire Verizon’s 100% interest in Verizon Dominicana, C. por A. (Verizon Dominicana) for a purchase price of U.S.$2,062 million and a 52% interest in Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico Inc. (PRT) for a purchase price of U.S.$939 million.
Verizon Dominicana is the largest telecommunications service provider in the Dominican Republic with over 752 thousand wireline subscribers and 1.8 million wireless subscribers as of December 31, 2005. PRT is the largest telecommunications service provider in Puerto Rico with over 1.1 million wireline subscribers and 485 thousand wireless subscribers as of December 31, 2005. América Móvil has agreed with Verizon to extend an offer to all other PRT shareholders to purchase their shares at the same price per share paid to Verizon.
As separately announced today, a joint venture between Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V. (Telmex) and América Móvil has entered into an agreement with Verizon to purchase Verizon’s equity interest in Compañía Anónima Nacional Teléfonos de Venezuela (CANTV).
About América MóvilAmérica Móvil is the leading provider of wireless services in Latin America, with over 93.3 million wireless subscribers December 31, 2005. The company also provides wireline services to 2 million landlines as of December 31, 2005.
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