Claro Colombia is a Colombian telecommunications
operator, owned by
Mexican
Mexican may refer to:
Mexico and its culture
*Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North America
** People
*** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants
*** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ...
group
América Móvil. Claro is the largest provider of mobile phone services in the country – as of December 2011, 28,818,791 of Colombia's 46,200,421 mobile phone subscribers (62.38%) were with Claro's predecessor, Comcel.
The company was formed on June 26, 2012 from the merger of
Comcel, previously Colombia's largest mobile phone operator, and the smaller
Telmex
Telmex is a Mexican telecommunications company headquartered in Mexico City that provides telecommunications products and services in Mexico. Telmex is still the dominant fixed-line phone carrier in Mexico. In addition to traditional fixed-line ...
, also owned by América Móvil. The unified company's name was changed to
Claro in keeping with its other operations in
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
.
References
External links
Claro Colombia websiteAmérica Móvil website
Mobile phone companies of Colombia
Colombian brands
América Móvil
Colombian companies established in 2012
Telecommunications companies established in 2012
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