Sunday, April 18, 2010

America Movil, Telmex to Invest $880 Mn in Peru Through 2012

Lima, A­pr 17 (EFE).- Wireless operator America Movil and fixed-line company Telmex Internacional - both controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim - plan to make $880 million in infrastructure investments in Peru through 2012, the head of America Movil's Peruvian unit, Humberto Chavez, said.

­"This investment will be carried out over three years. The investment by America Movil will total $500 million, while Telmex will invest an additional $380 million," Chavez said.

The announcement was made during the inauguration of a new $110 million, 3,200-kilometer (1,990-mile) fiber-optic network that runs the entire length of Peru's Pacific coast, the official Andina news agency said.

"This network will be a voice, data and video superhighway with state-of-the-art technology for users," the executive said.

America Movil, which entered Peru in 2005 and operates under the Claro brand; and Telmex Peru, a unit of Telmex Internacional, have already installed three ducts for the fiber-optic cable, Chavez said.

Construction of America Movil's corporate headquarters in Lima was also launched during the same inauguration ceremony, attended by­ Peruvian President Alan Garcia. EFE

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