Private company

Carso Global Telecom

Mexican telecommunications company

Carso Global Telecom S.A.B. de C.V. 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.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1996Founded1
  • Industrytelecommunications1
  • HeadquartersMexico City1

Carso Global Telecom S.A.B. de C.V. 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.2

Products and brands

  • landline telephone

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1996Founded Founded1

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