Carso Global Telecom is a telecommunications holding company. The company's investments include a 71% stake in Teléfonos de Mexico (Telmex

Telmex

Telmex is a telecommunications company headquartered in Mexico City that provides telecommunication products and services in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil and other countries in Latin America. In addition to traditional fixed-line telephone service, Telmex also offers Internet access, data,...

), Mexico's #1 telecom service provider, in partnership with Texas-based AT&T Inc. Carso Global Telecom was spun off from Carlos Slim Helú

Carlos Slim Helú

Carlos Slim Helú is a Mexican business magnate and philanthropist who as of 2011 is the richest person in the world, for the second year in a row...

's Grupo Carso

Grupo Carso

Grupo Carso is a global conglomerate company owned by the Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim. It was formed in 1990 after the merger of Corporación Industrial Carso and Grupo Inbursa...

 conglomerate in 1996. Top Latin American mobile carrier América Móvil

América Móvil

América Móvil is a Mexican telecommunication company headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico. It is the fourth largest mobile network operator in terms of equity subscribers, one of the largest corporations in Latin America, and the world. America Movil is a Fortune 500 company...

 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.

Companies

• Telmex
  Telmex
  Telmex is a telecommunications company headquartered in Mexico City that provides telecommunication products and services in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil and other countries in Latin America. In addition to traditional fixed-line telephone service, Telmex also offers Internet access, data,...
  
  
• Telnor
  Telnor
  Telnor, or Teléfonos del Noroeste is a company providing telephone and internet services since 1981...
  
  
• Multimedia Corporativo, S.A. DE C.V.
• Global Telecom, LLC
• Empresas y Controles
• Technology and Internet, LLC
• The Telvista company
• MTN
  MTN
  MTN may refer to:* MTN Group, a major South Africa-based mobile telephone network operator active in many African and Middle Eastern countries* Maritime Telecommunications Network, a mobile phone network that operates on sea vessels like cruise liners...