Mexico's America Movil spins off Latin America tower business

Reuters

Published Aug 08, 2022 07:14PM ET

MEXICO CITY - Mexican telecommunications giant America Movil (NYSE:AMX) said on Monday it had completed the planned spinoff of its Latin American cellular tower business, creating a company called Sitios Latinoamerica.

The new company, controlled by the family of billionaire Carlos Slim, has an inventory of 29,090 towers, 39% of which are in Brazil and the rest spread across Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico and Uruguay.

The spinoff was approved last September by America Movil's shareholders.