Note
The reported figures for Argentina corresponding to the third quarter of 2024 are presented in accordance with IAS29 reflecting the effects of inflationary accounting as the Argentinean economy is deemed to be hyperinflationary. All comparisons at constant exchange rates for América Móvil’s consolidated figures will exclude Argentina to ensure consistency.
Relevant Events
Consolidation of ClaroVTR
On October 3rd, we received approval from the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Chile (Fiscalía Nacional Económica) to take control of ClaroVTR, currently a 50:50 joint venture with Liberty Latin America. AMX will consolidate ClaroVTR from October 31st, 2024, upon the conversion into equity of AMX’s outstanding loans to ClaroVTR. Upon this capitalization, AMX will hold approximately a 91% ownership interest in ClaroVTR.
MSCI ESG Ratings upgrades AMX to “A”
On August 20th, MSCI ESG Ratings upgraded América Móvil’s rating to “A” from “BBB” as a result of the company’s sustainability efforts and, in particular, progress made in cybersecurity practices and data privacy policies across our operations, as well as improvements in corporate governance. This marks the third ratings upgrade by MSCI in three years.
Access Lines
1.4M postpaid net adds
In the third quarter we added 1.8 million subscribers, of which 1.4 million were postpaid. Brazil contributed 291 thousand, Colombia 159 thousand, and Mexico 108 thousand postpaid subscribers. Our prepaid segment obtained 468 thousand net additions, led by Colombia with 251 thousand, Eastern Europe with 213 thousand and Argentina with 200 thousand, but registered 343 thousand disconnections in Brasil and 136 thousand in Mexico. As of September our wireless subscriber base reached 315.8 million, including 126 million postpaid clients. Our postpaid base increased 5.9% year-on-year and our prepaid base 1.4%
327k new broadband accesses
In the fixed-line segment we connected 327 thousand broadband accesses: 116 thousand in Mexico, 59 thousand in Brazil and 44 thousand in Argentina. However, we disconnected 83 thousand voice lines and 30 thousand PayTV units. We ended the quarter with 74.6 million RGUs, that comprise 33.2 million broadband accesses, 12.8 million PayTV clients, and 28.5 million landlines. Fixed-broadband accesses rose 5.2%.