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...that the deal “would create incentives for coordination, even tacitly” between the two largest pay-TV programmers in Brazil (Globosat and Time Warner), and its two biggest operators (America Móvil’s Net-Claro...
...Tim, Telecom Italia’s Brazilian subsidiary, has 25.9 per cent and Claro, owned by Carlos Slim’s América Móvil, has 25.3 per cent....
...Sectors likely to fare less well include telecoms companies, such as Claro, which are struggling to penetrate more deeply into the region’s increasingly value-conscious middle classes....
...Carlos Slim’s América Móvil, which operates under the Claro brand in Colombia and already holds over two-thirds of the country’s market, were among the winners....
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...In Brazil, the 3G- phones will be sold by Claro, which has 42m customers, and run on the 3G network....
...The two Mexican groups, which operate as Embratel and Claro in Brazil, are owned by Carlos Slim, the world’s richest man....
...Observers said Claro’s move was a spoiling tactic. “It’s good to see two big players really go at it,” said one unnamed analyst....
...Mr Slim, who has tried to stall Telefónica’s deal – Claro, his Brazilian mobile operator, this year obtained a court injunction temporarily to prevent the country’s regulator from considering the case –...
...Augusto Lopez-Claros, director of WEF’s global competitiveness network, said: “The US has been for many years an ICT powerhouse, and its sustained ability to harness these technologies so effectively … provides...
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