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The company, which is controlled by the family of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, said revenues rose 3.3% to 217.391 billion pesos from the year-earlier period.
America Movil said “concerns associated with high inflation dominated market sentiment”, adding that the U.S. dollar had appreciated against all major currencies in the region of the company’s operations.
The telecoms company’s quarterly results were hit by 18.1 billion pesos in financing costs. That compared with a financial gain of 17.2 billion pesos in the year-ago quarter.
America Movil said it added 1.8 million postpaid customers, and 1.3 million new subscribers in the prepaid customer segment.
The company has pledged an $1.8 billion investment in the rollout of its 5G network in Mexico with the goal of covering 100 cities by the end of the year.
($1 = 20.1335 Mexican pesos at end-June)
(This story corrects year-ago comparison in paragraph four to show it was a financial gain of 17.2 bln pesos. Also corrects headline and lead paragraph to reflect that)
