Edgar Filing: AMERICA MOVIL SA DE CV/

Form 20-F

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2004

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 20-F

Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003

Commission file number for securities registered

pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: 0-32245

Commission file number for securities registered

pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: 1-16269

AMÉRICA MÓVIL, S.A. DE C.V.

(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

America Mobile

(translation of registrant’s name into English)

United Mexican States

(jurisdiction of incorporation)

Lago Alberto 366, Colonia Anáhuac, 11320 México, D.F., México

(address of principal executive offices)


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:		Name of each exchange on which registered:
American Depositary Shares, each representing 20 Series L Shares, without par value		New York Stock Exchange
Series L Shares, without par value		New York Stock Exchange (for listing purposes only)

Securities registered pursuant to

Section 12(g) of the Act:

American Depositary Shares, each representing 20 Series A Shares, without par value

Series A Shares, without par value

The number of outstanding shares of each of the registrant’s classes of capital or common stock as of December 31, 2003:


3,647 million		AA Shares
279 million		A Shares
8,910 million		L Shares

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow. Item 17 ¨ Item 18 x

TABLE OF CONTENTS


Items 1-2. Not Applicable.
Item 3. Key Information		1
Selected Financial Data		1
Exchange Rates		4
Forward-Looking Statements		5
Risk Factors		6
Item 4. Information on the Company		14
General		14
Mexican Operations		18
Non-Mexican Operations		31
Other Investments		41
Capital Expenditures		42
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects		43
Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees		55
Management		55
Employees		62
Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions		63
Major Shareholders		63
Related Party Transactions		65
Item 8. Financial Information		67
Dividends		67
Legal Proceedings		67
Item 9. The Offer and Listing		71
Trading Markets		71
Trading on the Mexican Stock Exchange		73
Item 10. Additional Information		74
Bylaws		74
Certain Contracts		80
Exchange Controls		80
Taxation		81
Documents on Display		85
Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk		86
Exchange Rate and Interest Rate Risks		86
Sensitivity Analysis Disclosures		86
Items 12-14. Not Applicable.
Item 15. Controls and Procedures		87
Item 16A. Audit Committee Financial Expert		87
Item 16B. Code of Ethics		87
Item 16C. Principal Accountant Fees and Services		87
Item 17. Not Applicable.
Item 18. Financial Statements		88
Item 19. Exhibits		89

PART I

Item 3. Key Information

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

This annual report includes our audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2002 and 2003 and for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2002 and 2003. Our financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Mexican GAAP and presented in Mexican pesos. The financial statements of our non-Mexican subsidiaries have been adjusted to conform to Mexican GAAP and translated to Mexican pesos. See Note 2(g) to our audited financial statements.

Mexican GAAP differs in certain respects from U.S. GAAP. Note 23 to the audited financial statements provides a description of the principal differences between Mexican GAAP and U.S. GAAP, as they relate to us, a reconciliation to U.S. GAAP of operating income, net income and total stockholders’ equity and a condensed statement of cash flows under U.S. GAAP.

Pursuant to Mexican GAAP, in our financial statements and the selected financial information set forth below:

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nonmonetary assets (including plant, property and equipment of Mexican origin) and stockholders’ equity are restated for inflation based on the Mexican National Consumer Price Index; plant, property and equipment of non-Mexican origin are restated based on the rate of inflation in the country of origin and converted into Mexican pesos using the prevailing exchange rate at the balance sheet date;

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gains and losses in purchasing power from holding monetary liabilities or assets are recognized in income; and

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all financial statements are restated in constant pesos as of December 31, 2003.

The effect of inflation accounting under Mexican GAAP has not been reversed in the reconciliation to U.S. GAAP of net income and stockholders’ equity, except with respect to the methodology for restatement of imported telephone plant. See Note 23 to the audited financial statements.

This annual report also includes audited financial statements of Telecom Americas for the year ended December 31, 2001 and, for comparative purposes only, for the 186-day period ended December 31, 2000. The audited financial statements of Telecom Americas have been prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with U.S. GAAP and presented in U.S. dollars.

References herein to “U.S.$” are to U.S. dollars. References herein to “pesos,” “P.” or “Ps.” are to Mexican pesos.

This annual report contains translations of various peso amounts into U.S. dollars at specified rates solely for your convenience. You should not construe these translations as representations by us that the nominal peso or constant peso amounts actually represent the U.S. dollar amounts or could be converted into U.S. dollars at the rate indicated. Unless otherwise indicated, we have translated U.S. dollar amounts from constant pesos at the exchange rate of Ps. 11.2360 to U.S.$1.00, which was the rate reported by Banco de México for December 31, 2003.

The selected financial and operating information set forth below has been derived in part from our audited financial statements, which have been reported on by Mancera S.C., a member practice of Ernst & Young Global, independent auditors. The selected financial and operating information should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, our audited financial statements.


	As of and for the year ended December 31,
	1999(1)			2000			2001			2002			2003			2003
	(millions of constant pesos as of December 31, 2003)(2)															(millions of U.S. dollars)(2)
Income Statement Data:
Mexican GAAP
Operating revenues	Ps.	18,010		Ps.	33,073		Ps.	45,457		Ps.	59,743		Ps	.85,941		U.S.$	7,649
Operating costs and expenses		15,453			29,880			38,783			46,762			67,981			6,050
Depreciation and amortization		1,737			3,395			4,920			8,606			13,878			1,235
Operating income (loss)		2,557			3,193			6,674			12,980			17,960			1,599
Comprehensive financing cost (income)		(3,517	)		(1,196	)		665			1,023			(2,123	)		(189	)
Majority net income (loss)		5,010			994			(910	)		4,784			15,032			1,338
Majority net income (loss) per share:
Basic(3)		0.35			0.07			(0.07	)		0.36			1.16			0.10
Diluted(4)		0.35			0.07			(0.07	)		0.36			1.16			0.10
Dividends declared per share(5)		—			—			0.040			0.044			0.060			0.005
Dividends paid per share(6)		—						0.030			0.043			0.056			0.005
Weighted average number of shares outstanding (millions):
Basic		—			—			13,199			13,123			12,912			—
Diluted		—			—			13,199			13,123			12,914			—

U.S. GAAP
Operating revenues	Ps.	18,237		Ps.	33,490		Ps.	45,457		Ps.	59,743		Ps.	85,941		U.S.$	7,649
Operating costs and expenses		16,369			31,308			39,316			46,431			67,405			5,999
Depreciation and amortization		1,931			3,696			5,496			8,138			13,368			1,190
Operating income (loss)		1,868			2,182			6,141			13,312			18,536			1,650
Comprehensive financing cost (income)		(3,602	)		(1,482	)		727			712			(1,973	)		(176	)
Majority net income (loss)		3,140			(470	)		(670	)		6,037			14,899			1,326
Majority net income (loss) per share:
Basic(3)		0.21			(0.03	)		(0.05	)		0.46			1.15			0.10
Diluted(4)		0.21			(0.03	)		(0.05	)		0.46			1.15			0.10

Balance Sheet Data:
Mexican GAAP
Property, plant and equipment, net	Ps.	14,610		Ps.	37,557		Ps.	43,934		Ps.	62,994		Ps.	71,162		U.S.$	6,333
Total assets		76,995			100,857			101,833			117,538			149,979			13,349
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt		460			7,636			6,928			10,637			12,108			1,078
Long-term debt		2,831			1,340			16,674			37,399			37,205			3,311
Total stockholders’ equity(7)		65,472			75,136			62,233			51,146			69,212			6,160
Capital stock		—			31,224			31,201			31,193			31,191			2,776
Number of outstanding shares (millions):
Series AA		—			3,266			3,807			3,647			3,647			3,647
Series A		—			339			315			291			279			279
Series L		—			10,405			9,077			8,978			8,910			8,910

U.S. GAAP
Property, plant & equipment, net	Ps.	15,034		Ps.	37,657		Ps.	47,118		Ps.	64,139		Ps.	76,893		U.S.$	6,843
Total assets		78,756			102,875			105,993			120,611			158,586			14,114
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt		—			7,732			6,928			10,637			12,108			1,078
Long-term debt		2,868			1,357			16,674			37,399			37,205			3,311
Minority interest		786			2,427			822			1,225			5,099			454
Total stockholders’ equity		63,498			71,030			62,615			50,389			71,167			6,334
Capital stock		—			31,617			31,594			31,587			31,585			2,811

Subscriber Data:
Number of subscribers (in thousands)					17,124			26,594			31,600			43,725			—
Subscriber growth					—			55.3	%		18.8	%		38.4	%		—

(see footnotes on following page)

(1)

Prepared on a consolidated basis from the historical accounting records of Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V. (Telmex), representing the combined historical operations of the entities that Telmex transferred to us in the spin-off that established América Móvil in September 2000.

(2)

Except per share data.

(3)

For 1999, based on 14,485 million shares outstanding at September 25, 2000, the date América Móvil was established. For 2000, assumes 14,485 million shares outstanding for the period prior to September 25, 2000. We have not included net income or dividends on a per ADS basis. Each L Share ADS represents 20 L Shares and each A Share ADS represents 20 A Shares.

(4)

For 1999, based on 14,485 million diluted shares outstanding at September 25, 2000, the date América Móvil was established. For 2000, assumes 14,485 million diluted shares outstanding for the period prior to September 25, 2000. We have not included net income or dividends on a per ADS basis. Each L Share ADS represents 20 L Shares and each A Share ADS represents 20 A Shares.

(5)

Nominal amounts. Figures provided represent the annual dividend declared at the general shareholders’ meeting.

(6)

Nominal amounts. For more information on dividends paid per share translated into U.S. dollars, see “Financials—Dividends” under Item 8. Amount in U.S. dollars translated at the exchange rate on each of the respective payment dates.

(7)

Includes minority interest.

EXCHANGE RATES

Mexico has a free market for foreign exchange, and the Mexican government allows the peso to float freely against the U.S. dollar. The peso was relatively stable from 1999 until 2001. In 2002 and 2003, the peso declined in value against the U.S. dollar. There can be no assurances that the government will maintain its current policies with regard to the peso or that the peso will not further depreciate or appreciate significantly in the future.

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high, low, average and period-end noon buying rate in New York City for cable transfers in pesos published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, expressed in pesos per U.S. dollar. The rates have not been restated in constant currency units and therefore represent nominal historical figures.


Period	High	Low	Average(1)	Period End
1999	9.2430	10.6000	9.5630	9.4800
2000	9.1830	10.0870	9.4717	9.6180
2001	9.0270	9.8850	8.9386	9.1560
2002	9.0000	10.4250	9.6630	10.4250
2003	10.1130	11.4060	10.8463	11.2420

2003:
January	10.3210	10.9780
February	10.7740	11.0640
March	10.6610	11.2350
April	10.3080	10.7700
May	10.1130	10.4240
June	10.2240	10.7390
July	10.3390	10.5850
August	10.5900	11.0600
September	10.8600	11.0400
October	10.9690	11.3180
November	10.9790	11.3950
December	11.1730	11.4060

2004:
January	10.8050	11.0970
February	10.9095	11.2450
March	10.9180	11.2290
April	11.1570	11.4315
May	11.3815	11.6350

(1)

Average of month-end rates.

On June 25, 2004, the noon buying rate was Ps. 11.3150 to U.S.$1.00.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This annual report contains forward-looking statements. We may from time to time make forward-looking statements in our periodic reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Forms 20-F and 6-K, in our annual report to shareholders, in offering circulars and prospectuses, in press releases and other written materials, and in oral statements made by our officers, directors or employees to analysts, institutional investors, representatives of the media and others. Examples of such forward-looking statements include:

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projections of operating revenues, net income (loss), net income (loss) per share, capital expenditures, dividends, capital structure or other financial items or ratios;

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statements of our plans, objectives or goals, including those relating to competition, regulation and rates;

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statements about our future economic performance or that of Mexico or other countries in which we operate;

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competitive developments in the telecommunications sector in each of the markets where we currently operate;

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other factors or trends affecting the telecommunications industry generally and our financial condition in particular; and

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statements of assumptions underlying the foregoing statements.

We use words such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “expect,” “intend,” “target,” “estimate,” “project,” “predict,” “forecast,” “guideline,” “should” and other similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements, but they are not the only way we identify such statements.

Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. We caution you that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements. These factors, some of which are discussed under “Risk Factors,” include economic and political conditions and government policies in Mexico, Brazil or elsewhere, inflation rates, exchange rates, regulatory developments, technological improvements, customer demand and competition. We caution you that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive and that other risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. We do not undertake any obligation to update such statements in light of new information or future developments.

You should evaluate any statements made by us in light of these important factors.

RISK FACTORS

Risks Relating to Our Businesses

Substantial and increasing competition in the wireless industry could adversely affect the revenues and profitability of our business

Our wireless businesses face substantial competition, typically from at least one other wireless provider, and increasingly from multiple providers. We also face competition from fixed-line telephone companies and, increasingly, other service providers such as cable, paging and Internet companies.

We expect that competition will intensify in the future as a result of the entry of new competitors, the development of new technologies, products and services, and the auction in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate of additional spectrum. We also expect the current consolidation trend in the wireless industry to continue, as companies respond to the need for cost reduction and additional spectrum. This trend may result in larger competitors with greater financial, technical, promotional and other resources to compete with our businesses.

Among other things, our competitors could:

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provide increased handset subsidies;

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offer higher commissions to retailers;

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provide free airtime or other services (such as Internet access);

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expand their networks faster; or

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develop and deploy improved wireless technologies faster.

We anticipate that competition will lead to increases in advertising and promotional spending, along with increased demands on access to distribution channels. In addition, portability requirements, which enable customers to switch wireless providers without changing their wireless numbers, have been introduced in some of our markets and may be introduced in other markets in the future. These developments may lead to smaller operating margins, greater choices for customers, possible consumer confusion and increasing movement of customers among competitors, which may make it difficult for us to retain customers or add new customers. The cost of adding new customers may also continue to increase, reducing profitability even if customer growth continues.

Our ability to compete successfully will depend on customer service, on marketing and on our ability to anticipate and respond to various competitive factors affecting the telecommunications industry, including new services, changes in consumer preferences, demographic trends, economic conditions and discount pricing strategies by competitors. If we are unable to respond to competition and compensate for declining prices by adding new customers, increasing usage and offering new services, our revenues and profitability could decline.

Changes in government regulation could hurt our businesses

Our businesses are subject to extensive government regulation and can be adversely affected by changes in law, regulation or regulatory policy. The licensing, construction, operation, sale, resale and interconnection arrangements of wireless telecommunications systems in Latin America and elsewhere are regulated to varying degrees by government or regulatory authorities. Any of these authorities having jurisdiction over our businesses could adopt or change regulations or take other actions that could adversely affect our operations. In particular, the regulation of prices operators may charge for their services could have a material adverse effect on us by reducing our profit margins. In Mexico, Telcel’s business is subject to extensive government regulation, principally by the Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones (Federal Telecommunications Commission, or “Cofetel”) and the Comisión Federal de Competencia (Federal Competition Commission, or “Cofeco”), and may be adversely affected by changes in law or by actions of Mexican regulatory authorities.

The Mexican Communications Ministry is authorized to impose specific rate and other requirements on any wireless operator that is determined by Cofeco to have substantial market power. While no such determination has been made with respect to the wireless market in Mexico, we can provide no assurances that the regulatory authorities will not make such a determination with respect to Telcel and impose specific rate requirements or other special regulations on us, such as additional requirements regarding disclosure of information or quality of service. Any such new regulation could have a material adverse effect on our operations.

Many Latin American countries are in the process of deregulating and privatizing the provision of communications services, including wireless services, and many of the laws, regulations and licenses that regulate our businesses, including in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua, became effective only recently. Consequently, there is only a limited history that would allow us to predict the impact of these legal regulations on our future operations. In addition, changes in political administrations could lead to the adoption of policies concerning competition, privatization and taxation of communications services that may be detrimental to our operations throughout Latin America. These restrictions, which may take the form of preferences for local over foreign ownership of communications licenses and assets, or for government over private ownership, may make it impossible for us to continue to develop our businesses. These restrictions could result in our incurring losses of revenues and require capital investments all of which could materially adversely affect our businesses and results of operations.

We will, in the future, either have to acquire additional radio spectrum capacity or build more cell and switch sites in Mexico in order to expand our customer base and maintain the quality of our services

Licensed radio spectrum is essential to our growth and the quality of our services, particularly for GSM services. In order to utilize less spectrum, we could increase the density of our network by building more cell and switch sites, but such measures could be costly and would be subject to local restrictions and approvals.

The Mexican government has not auctioned additional spectrum since 1998. In 2003, we decided to acquire capacity services from Operadora Unefon in the 1900 megahertz spectrum for a period of 16 years. The Mexican government has announced that it intends to auction 1900 megahertz spectrum during 2004, and we expect to participate in any such auction. Prior to participating in any auction for spectrum, each participant must obtain an authorization from Cofeco. A separate authorization is required for each auction, and spectrum for each region is auctioned separately. Cofeco has broad discretion in granting such authorizations, and Cofeco may take into account factors such as competition and capacity utilization prior to granting any authorization to Telcel to participate in any auction.

In 1998, Cofeco did not allow Telcel to participate in certain spectrum auctions, but we believe that the reasons for Cofeco’s denial are no longer applicable given the entry of new competitors in the Mexican market and our spin-off from Telmex. Although we believe that Cofeco should authorize Telcel to participate in future spectrum auctions, we can give no assurance that it will do so. We cannot assure you that, if additional spectrum is awarded to us by the Mexican government, a third party will not appeal the result of such bidding process. Any restrictions on our ability to acquire or use spectrum may have a material effect on our business.

Our concessions and licenses are subject to termination

The terms of our concessions and licenses typically require the operator to meet specified network build-out requirements and schedules, as well as to maintain minimum quality, service and coverage standards. If we fail to comply with these and other criteria, the result could be revocation of our concessions or licenses, the imposition of fines or other government actions. Our ability to comply with these criteria is subject in certain respects to factors beyond our control. We cannot assure you that our international businesses will be able to comply fully with the terms of their concessions or licenses.

In Mexico, the Mexican telecommunications law and Telcel’s concessions include various provisions under which the concessions may be terminated by the Mexican Communications Ministry before their scheduled

expiration dates. Among other things, these concessions may be terminated if we fail to meet specified network build-out requirements and schedules or to maintain minimum quality, service and coverage standards by, for example, interrupting service without justified cause or failing to meet interconnection requirements. Also, the Mexican telecommunications law gives certain rights to the Mexican government, including the right to revoke the concessions pursuant to an expropriation or to take over the management of Telcel’s networks, facilities and personnel in cases of imminent danger to national security, internal peace or the national economy, natural disasters and public unrest. The loss of any one concession could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

We have invested in countries in which we have limited experience, and we may be unsuccessful in addressing the new challenges and risks they present

We have invested in a growing number of telecommunications businesses outside our historical core activity of providing wireless telecommunications services in Mexico, and we plan to continue to do so in the rest of Latin America. These investments have been made in some countries in which we have little experience and may involve risks to which we have not previously been exposed. Some of the investments are in countries that may present different or greater risks than Mexico, such as Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Many of these businesses are start-up or development-stage companies with unproven business models and inexperienced management that in some cases will require substantial investments in the near future. We cannot assure you that these investments will be successful.

We are subject to significant litigation

Some of our subsidiaries are subject to significant litigation, which if determined adversely to our interests may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition or prospects. In Mexico, Telcel is subject to proceedings for alleged antitrust practices. We cannot predict how these proceedings will be resolved and, if resolved contrary to our interests, what fines or restrictions may be imposed on our Mexican operations. These restrictions, which could be imposed by means of special regulations, may include significant limitations on our ability to conduct business as currently conducted. Other significant litigation is described in “Legal Proceedings” under Item 8.

A system failure could cause delays or interruptions of service, which could cause us to lose customers

We will need to continue to provide our subscribers with reliable service over our network. Some of the risks to our network and infrastructure include the following:

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physical damage to access lines;

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power surges or outages;

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software defects; and

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disruptions beyond our control.

Disruptions may cause interruptions in service or reduced capacity for customers, either of which could cause us to lose subscribers and incur additional expenses.

If our current churn rate increases, our business could be negatively affected

The cost of acquiring a new subscriber is much higher than the cost of maintaining an existing subscriber. Accordingly, subscriber deactivations, or churn, could have a material negative impact on our operating income, even if we are able to obtain one new subscriber for each lost subscriber. Because a substantial majority of our subscribers are prepaid, we do not have long-term contracts with those subscribers. Our weighted monthly average churn rate for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2003 was 2.9% as compared to 3.2% for the

twelve-month period ended December 31, 2002. If we experience an increase in our churn rate, our ability to achieve revenue growth could be materially impaired. In addition, a decline in general economic conditions could lead to an increase in churn, particularly among our residential subscribers.

Risks Relating to the Wireless Industry Generally

Changes in the wireless industry could affect our future financial performance

The wireless communications industry is experiencing significant change. These changes include, among others, the increasing pace of digital upgrades in existing analog wireless systems, evolving industry standards, ongoing improvements in the capacity and quality of digital technology, shorter development cycles for new products, and changes in end-user needs and preferences. In Mexico and in the other countries in which we conduct business, there is uncertainty as to the pace and extent of growth in subscriber demand, and as to the extent to which prices for airtime and line rental may continue to decline.

There are three existing digital technologies for wireless communications, none of which is compatible with the others. In the past, Telcel and certain of our international businesses used time division multiple access (TDMA) technology for their digital networks, while certain of our other international businesses used code division multiple access (CDMA) as their digital wireless technology. We are introducing global system for mobile communications (GSM) technology in all of our markets. Telcel launched GSM services in Mexico in October 2002, and we began offering GSM services in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Guatemala during 2003. If future wireless technologies that gain widespread acceptance are not compatible with the technologies we use, we may be required to make capital expenditures in excess of our current forecasts in order to upgrade and replace our technology and infrastructure.

We are dependent upon a limited number of suppliers and vendors to provide us with services or equipment on a timely and cost-effective basis

Each of our wireless businesses relies primarily on a single vendor for its switch and cell site equipment and on a single supplier or small group of suppliers for its handsets and other customer equipment. If we had to replace a primary supplier of switch and cell site equipment because, for example, it ceased to provide timely or cost-effective equipment or service, the transition to another supplier could entail delays and additional costs. Supplies of customer equipment may be subject to periodic shortages, and our ability to grow will be limited if we cannot rely on our suppliers to ensure sufficient quantities and quality of equipment.

We may incur significant losses from wireless fraud and from our failure to successfully manage collections

Our wireless businesses incur losses and costs associated with the unauthorized use of these wireless networks, particularly their analog cellular networks. These costs include administrative and capital costs associated with detecting, monitoring and reducing the incidence of fraud. Fraud also affects interconnection costs, capacity costs, administrative costs and payments to other carriers for unbillable fraudulent roaming. In the year ended December 31, 2003, Telcel refunded to its customers approximately Ps. 1.53 million due to wireless fraud. Although we seek to combat this problem through the deployment of anti-fraud technologies and other measures, we cannot assure you that these efforts will be effective or that fraud will not result in material costs for us in the future.

Cloning, which is one form of wireless fraud, involves the use of scanners and other electronic devices to obtain illegally telephone numbers and electronic serial numbers during cellular transmission. Stolen telephone and serial number combinations can be programmed into a cellular phone and used to obtain improper access to cellular networks. Roaming fraud occurs when a phone programmed with a number stolen from one of our subscribers is used to place fraudulent calls from another carrier’s market, resulting in a roaming fee charged to us that cannot be collected from the subscriber.

Concerns about health risks relating to the use of wireless handsets and base stations may adversely affect our business

Media and other reports have linked radio frequency emissions from wireless handsets and base stations to various health concerns, including cancer, and to interference with various electronic medical devices, including hearing aids and pacemakers. Although we do not know of any definitive studies showing that radio frequency emissions raise health concerns, concerns over radio frequency emissions may discourage the use of wireless handsets, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. Government authorities could also increase regulation of wireless handsets and base stations as a result of these concerns. In addition, lawsuits have been filed in the United States against certain participants in the wireless industry alleging various adverse health consequences as a result of wireless phone usage, and our businesses may be subject to similar litigation in the future. Research and studies are ongoing, and there can be no assurance that further research and studies will not demonstrate a link between radio frequency emissions and health concerns. Any negative findings in these studies could adversely affect the use of wireless handsets and, as a result, our future financial performance.

Risks Relating to Our Controlling Shareholders, Capital Structure and Transactions with Affiliates

We are controlled by one shareholder

As of April 30, 2004, 64.49% of our voting shares was directly or indirectly owned by América Telecom, S.A. de C.V. According to reports of beneficial ownership of our shares filed with the SEC, Carlos Slim Helú, the Chairman of our Board of Directors, and certain members of his immediate family, including his son and member of our Board of Directors, Patrick Slim Domit, together own a majority of the voting stock of América Telecom. América Telecom is able to elect a majority of the members of our board of directors and to determine the outcome of other actions requiring a vote of our shareholders, except in very limited cases that require a vote of the holders of L Shares.

We have significant transactions with affiliates

We engage in transactions with Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V., or “Telmex,” and certain subsidiaries of Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V. and Grupo Financiero Inbursa, S.A. de C.V., all of which are affiliates of América Móvil. Many of these transactions occur in the ordinary course of business and, in the case of transactions with Telmex, are subject to applicable telecommunications regulations in Mexico. Transactions with affiliates may create the potential for conflicts of interest.

The protections afforded to minority shareholders in Mexico are different from those in the United States

Under Mexican law, the protections afforded to minority shareholders are different from those in the United States. In particular, the law concerning fiduciary duties of directors is not as fully developed as in other jurisdictions, there is no procedure for class actions or shareholder derivative actions, and there are different procedural requirements for bringing shareholder lawsuits. As a result, in practice it may be more difficult for minority shareholders of América Móvil to enforce their rights against us or our directors or controlling shareholder than it would be for shareholders of a company incorporated in another jurisdiction, such as the United States.

Holders of L Shares and L Share ADSs have limited voting rights, and holders of ADSs may vote only through the depositary

Our bylaws provide that holders of L Shares are not permitted to vote except on such limited matters as the transformation or merger of América Móvil or the cancellation of registration of the L Shares with the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission or any stock exchange on which they are listed. If you hold L Shares or L Share ADSs, you will not be able to vote on most matters, including the declaration of dividends, that are subject to a shareholder vote in accordance with our bylaws.

Holders of ADSs are not entitled to attend shareholders’ meetings, and they may only vote through the depositary

Under Mexican law, a shareholder is required to deposit its shares with a Mexican custodian in order to attend a shareholders’ meeting. A holder of ADSs will not be able to meet this requirement, and accordingly is not entitled to attend shareholders’ meetings. A holder of ADSs is entitled to instruct the depositary as to how to vote the shares represented by ADSs, in accordance with procedures provided for in the deposit agreements, but a holder of ADSs will not be able to vote its shares directly at a shareholders’ meeting or to appoint a proxy to do so.

You may not be entitled to participate in future preemptive rights offerings

Under Mexican law, if we issue new shares for cash as part of a capital increase, we generally must grant our shareholders the right to purchase a sufficient number of shares to maintain their existing ownership percentage in América Móvil. Rights to purchase shares in these circumstances are known as preemptive rights. We may not legally be permitted to allow holders of ADSs or holders of L Shares or A Shares in the United States to exercise any preemptive rights in any future capital increase unless we file a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, with respect to that future issuance of shares. At the time of any future capital increase, we will evaluate the costs and potential liabilities associated with filing a registration statement with the SEC and any other factors that we consider important to determine whether we will file such a registration statement.

We cannot assure you that we will file a registration statement with the SEC to allow holders of ADSs or U.S. holders of L Shares or A Shares to participate in a preemptive rights offering. As a result, the equity interest of such holders in América Móvil be diluted proportionately. In addition, under current Mexican law, it is not practicable for the depositary to sell preemptive rights and distribute the proceeds from such sales to ADS holders.

Our bylaws restrict transfers of shares in some circumstances

Our bylaws provide that any acquisition or transfer of more than 10% of our capital stock by any person or group of persons acting together requires the approval of our Board of Directors. If you acquire or transfer more than 10% of our capital stock, you will not be able to do so without the approval of the Board of Directors.

Mexican law and our bylaws restrict the ability of non-Mexican shareholders to invoke the protection of their governments with respect to their rights as shareholders

As required by Mexican law, our bylaws provide that non-Mexican shareholders shall be considered as Mexicans in respect of their ownership interests in América Móvil and shall be deemed to have agreed not to invoke the protection of their governments in certain circumstances. Under this provision, a non-Mexican shareholder is deemed to have agreed not to invoke the protection of his own government by asking such government to interpose a diplomatic claim against the Mexican government with respect to the shareholder’s rights as a shareholder, but is not deemed to have waived any other rights it may have, including any rights under the U.S. securities laws, with respect to its investment in América Móvil. If you invoke such governmental protection in violation of this agreement, your shares could be forfeited to the Mexican government.

Our bylaws may only be enforced in Mexico

Our bylaws provide that legal actions relating to the execution, interpretation or performance of the bylaws may be brought only in Mexican courts. As a result, it may be difficult for non-Mexican shareholders to enforce their shareholder rights pursuant to the bylaws.

It may be difficult to enforce civil liabilities against us or our directors, officers and controlling persons

América Móvil is organized under the laws of Mexico, and most of our directors, officers and controlling persons reside outside the United States. In addition, all or a substantial portion of our assets and their assets are located outside of the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process within the United States on such persons or to enforce judgments against them, including in any action based on civil liabilities under the U.S. federal securities laws. There is doubt as to the enforceability against such persons in Mexico, whether in original actions or in actions to enforce judgments of U.S. courts, of liabilities based solely on the U.S. federal securities laws.

Risks Relating to Developments in Mexico and Other Countries

Latin American economic, political and social conditions may adversely affect our business

Our financial performance may be significantly affected by general economic, political and social conditions in the countries where we operate, particularly Mexico and Brazil. Many countries in Latin America, including Mexico and Brazil, have suffered significant economic, political and social crises in the past, and these events may occur again in the future. Instability in the region has been caused by many different factors, including:

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significant governmental influence over local economies;

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substantial fluctuations in economic growth;

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high levels of inflation;

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changes in currency values;

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exchange controls or restrictions on expatriation of earnings;

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high domestic interest rates;

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wage and price controls;

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changes in governmental economic or tax policies;

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imposition of trade barriers;

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unexpected changes in regulation; and

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overall political, social and economic instability.

Adverse economic, political and social conditions in Latin America may inhibit demand for wireless services and create uncertainty regarding our operating environment, which could have a material adverse effect on our company.

Our business is especially affected by conditions in Mexico and Brazil. Mexico has experienced a prolonged period of slow growth since 2001, primarily as a result of the downturn in the U.S. economy. According to preliminary data, during 2003, Mexico’s gross domestic product, or “GDP,” grew by 1.3% in real terms. In 2002, GDP grew by 0.9%. Mexico has also experienced high levels of inflation and high domestic interest rates. The annual rate of inflation, as measured by changes in the National Consumer Price Index as published by the Banco de México, was 4.0% for 2003.

Brazil has in the past experienced extremely high rates of inflation, with annual rates of inflation during the last ten years reaching as high as 2,489% in 1993 and 929% in 1994, as measured by the Brazilian National Consumer Price Index. More recently, Brazil’s rates of inflation were 9.4% in 2001, 14.7% in 2002 and 10.4% in 2003. Inflation, governmental measures to combat inflation and public speculation about possible future actions have in the past had significant negative effects on the Brazilian economy.

Depreciation or fluctuation of the currencies in which we conduct operations relative to the U.S. dollar could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations

We are affected by fluctuations in the value of the currencies in which we conduct operations compared to the U.S. dollar, in which a substantial portion of our indebtedness is denominated. Changes in the value of the various currencies in which we conduct operations against the Mexican peso, which we use as our reporting currency in our financial statements, and against the U.S. dollar may result in exchange losses or gains on our net U.S. dollar-denominated indebtedness and accounts payable. In 2003, changes in currency exchange rates led us to report a foreign exchange gain of Ps. 1,355 million (an amount that is equal to 7.5% of our operating income in 2003), while in 2002 we reported a foreign exchange loss of Ps. 1,526 million. In addition, currency fluctuations between the Mexican peso and the currencies of our non-Mexican subsidiaries affect our results as reported in Mexican pesos. Currency fluctuations are expected to continue to affect our financial income and expense.

Major devaluation or depreciation of any such currencies may also result in disruption of the international foreign exchange markets and may limit our ability to transfer or to convert such currencies into U.S. dollars and other currencies for the purpose of making timely payments of interest and principal on our indebtedness. While the Mexican government does not currently restrict, and for many years has not restricted, the right or ability of Mexican or foreign persons or entities to convert pesos into U.S. dollars or to transfer other currencies out of Mexico, the government could institute restrictive exchange rate policies in the future.

Additional Mexican taxes and contributions levied on services we offer and on the exploitation of frequencies could affect our results of operations

Taxes applicable to certain telecommunications services, as well as taxes and contributions on the exploitation of frequencies, have been enacted from time to time in Mexico. Taxes or contributions of this nature could adversely affect our business and our results of operations.

Currently in Mexico, concessionaires for the 800 megahertz (Band B) radio spectrum are required to pay the Mexican government an annual fee ranging from 5% to 10% of the gross revenues under such concessions whereas concessionaires for the 1900 megahertz (Band D) radio spectrum are not required to pay annual fees. Pursuant to amendments to the Federal Contributions Law (the Ley Federal de Derechos) enacted in 2003, owners of concessions in Mexico granted or renewed on or after January 1, 2003 are required to pay annual fees (derechos) for the use and exploitation of radio spectrum bands. The amount of annual fees payable could be significant and vary depending on the relevant region and radio spectrum band. These annual fees are payable in respect of all spectrum bands. The application of this fee to renewals of concessions granted prior to 2003 is the subject of debate in Mexico, as it could affect competitors differently and impact competition. Currently we do not expect to renew any of our current concessions until 2010, but, if permitted, we intend to participate in any auctions for the acquisition of additional spectrum in Mexico.

Item 4. Information on the Company

GENERAL

With 43.7 million wireless subscribers in nine countries at December 31, 2003 (compared to 31.6 million at year-end 2002), we are the largest provider of wireless communications services in Latin America and one of the ten largest in the world. Because our focus is on Latin America, a substantial majority of our wireless subscribers are prepaid customers. We also had approximately 1.6 million fixed lines in Guatemala and El Salvador at December 31, 2003, making us the largest fixed-line operator in Central America. We have recently deployed GSM networks in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Nicaragua, and are in the process of deploying a GSM network in Argentina.

Our principal operations are:

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Mexico. Through Radiomóvil Dipsa, S.A. de C.V., which operates under the name “Telcel,” we provide cellular telecommunications service in all nine regions in Mexico, with a network covering approximately 35% of the geographical area of Mexico, including all major cities, and approximately 81% of Mexico’s population. At December 31, 2003, Telcel had 23.4 million subscribers, and Telcel is the largest provider of wireless telecommunications services in Mexico.

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Argentina. In 2003, we acquired CTI, the fourth largest wireless operator in Argentina measured by the number of subscribers. CTI provides nationwide wireless services in Argentina.

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Brazil. With approximately 9.5 million subscribers at December 31, 2003, we are the second largest provider of wireless telecommunications services in Brazil. We operate in Brazil through our subsidiary, Telecom Americas, and a number of operating companies, under a unified brand name, “Claro.” During 2003, we significantly expanded our coverage in Brazil by acquiring BCP S.A. and BSE S.A. BCP is the second largest wireless provider in the São Paulo metropolitan area. Our network covers the principal cities in Brazil (including São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro) and approximately 140 licensed points of presence.

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Central America. We provide fixed-line and wireless services in Guatemala and El Salvador, through our subsidiaries Telgua and CTE. We provide wireless services in Nicaragua through our subsidiary Sercom Nicaragua. The wireless business of Telgua and Sercom Nicaragua operate under the “PCS Digital” and, for prepaid services, “Alo” brands. We acquired a controlling interest in CTE in 2003. CTE operates under the “Telecom” brand.

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Colombia. Our three operating subsidiaries in Colombia—Comcel, Occel and Celcaribe—operate under the “Comcel” brand. We are the largest wireless operator in the country measured by the number of subscribers.

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Ecuador. Conecel, our subsidiary in Ecuador, is the largest wireless operator in Ecuador measured by the number of subscribers. Conecel operates under the “Porta” brand.

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United States. Our U.S. subsidiary, TracFone, is engaged in the sale and distribution of prepaid wireless services and wireless phones throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

América Móvil, S.A. de C.V. is a corporation (sociedad anónima de capital variable) organized under the laws of Mexico with its principal executive offices at Lago Alberto 366, Edificio Telcel I, Piso 2, Colonia Anáhuac, 11320, México D.F., México. Our telephone number at this location is (5255) 2581-4411.

Our Markets

We operate pursuant to concessions or licenses to provide wireless telecommunications services in each of the countries in which we operate. We seek to provide a full range of wireless telecommunications services in each of our markets. Our networks are consistently optimized to try to ensure maximum coverage and high quality service. We have recently deployed GSM networks in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Nicaragua, and we are in the process of deploying a GSM network in Argentina. In 2003, we invested Ps. 13.7 billion in our networks in capital expenditures. We also seek to expand market share by exploring strategic acquisition opportunities in Latin America.

Our principal markets of operations are Mexico and Brazil, the two largest economies in Latin America. We are the largest provider of wireless communication services in Mexico and the second largest in Brazil, based on the number of subscribers at December 31, 2003. Telcel and Telecom Americas combined represented 74.3% of our operating revenues in 2003. In 2003, the Mexican Finance Ministry estimates that the Mexican economy grew at a rate of 1.5% per annum and has projected economic growth of 3.5% for 2004. In Brazil, the economy contracted at a rate of 0.2% in 2003 according to the Brazilian Ministry of Economy, and economic growth in 2004 is projected at 3.5%. We believe that economic growth in these two key countries will enhance our operating revenues.

We believe our countries of operation offer considerable growth potential. Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua represent a combined estimated population of 362 million, or 67% of the total estimated population of Latin America of 540 million in 2003. Our markets are characterized by relatively low fixed line and wireless penetration rates as compared to the United States and Europe.

In most of our markets, the regulatory environment has become increasingly more open and flexible over the past decade. These changes have increased competition as markets have become more open to new entrants. In Mexico, these changes have exposed us to competition from domestic competitors and from international operators. In other markets, these changes have allowed us an opportunity to enter as a competitor and capture market share from local providers.

Our Strategy

We intend to capitalize on our position as the leader in wireless telecommunications in Latin America to continue to expand our subscriber base, both by development of our existing businesses and selected strategic acquisitions in the region. We seek to become a leader in each of our markets by providing better coverage and services and benefiting from economies of scale. We closely monitor our costs and expenses, and we will continue to explore alternatives to further improve our operating margins.

History

We were established in September 2000 in a spin-off from Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V., also known as Telmex, the largest provider of local and long-distance telephone services in Mexico. The spin-off was implemented using a procedure under Mexican corporate law called escisión or “split-up.” The shares of our company were delivered to Telmex shareholders on February 7, 2001.

Our wireless business in Mexico is conducted through our wholly-owned subsidiary Telcel, which traces its history to the establishment in 1956 of Publicidad Turística, S.A., an affiliate of Telmex that published telephone directories. In 1981, the Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation granted Publicidad Turística a concession for the installation and operation of a wireless telephone system in Mexico City. In 1984, Publicidad Turística changed its name to Radiomóvil Dipsa, S.A. de C.V., and in 1989, the company began operating under the trademark “Telcel.”

Between 1988 and 1990, Telcel expanded its cellular network on the 800 megahertz (Band B) frequency spectrum to cover the Mexico City metropolitan area and the cities of Cuernavaca, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Tijuana and Toluca, and in 1990, Telcel began offering cellular services in all nine geographic regions of Mexico. In 1998, Telcel was awarded the 1900 megahertz (Band D) frequency spectrum for personal communications services (PCS) in all nine regions in Mexico in an auction held by the Mexican government. Telcel launched a PCS system in Mexico City in 1999 and currently offers the service in all nine geographic regions of Mexico. In October 2002, Telcel launched its GSM network, which covered approximately 400 cities as of December 31, 2003. In December 2002, the Communications Ministry granted Telcel a new concession to install, operate and exploit a telecommunications network to provide national and international long-distance services, as well as data transmission services. This concession limits Telcel to provide these services to its wireless subscribers for the first two years, which term can be extended by Cofetel.

In 1999, we began acquiring our international subsidiaries and investing in Telecom Americas and our other international affiliates.

See “—Mexican Operations,” “—Non-Mexican Operations” and “—Other Investments.”

Major Subsidiaries and Affiliates

The table below sets forth our principal subsidiaries and affiliates, our percentage ownership in each such entity and the main activity of such entity as of the date of this annual report.


Name of Company	Jurisdiction	Ownership Interest(1)		Main Activity
Sercotel, S.A. de C.V.	Mexico	100.0	%	Holding company
Telcel (Radiomóvil Dipsa, S.A. de C.V.)	Mexico	100.0		Wireless
SubDipsa Treasury LLC	Delaware	100.0		Treasury
CTI Holdings, S.A.	Argentina	92.0		Holding company
CTI PCS, S.A.	Argentina	92.0		Wireless
CTI Compañía de Teléfonos del Interior, S.A.	Argentina	92.0		Wireless
AM Latin America LLC	Delaware	100.0		Holding company
Telecom Americas Ltd.	Bermuda	97.5		Holding company
ATL—Algar Telecom Leste S.A.	Brazil	97.5		Wireless
Tess S.A.	Brazil	97.5		Wireless
Americel S.A.	Brazil	96.0		Wireless
Telet S.A.	Brazil	96.5		Wireless
BSE S.A.	Brazil	97.5		Wireless
BCP S.A.	Brazil	97.5		Wireless
Stemar Telecomunicaões Ltda.	Brazil	97.5		Wireless
Alecan Telecomunicações Ltda.	Brazil	97.5		Wireless
Telecomunicaciones de Guatemala, S.A.	Guatemala	99.0		Fixed-line
Servicios de Comunicaciones Personales Inalámbricas, S.A.	Guatemala	99.0		Wireless
Servicios de Comunicaciones de Nicaragua, S.A	Nicaragua	99.0		Wireless
Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de El Salvador (CTE)	El Salvador	52.6		Fixed-line/Wireless
Empresa Nicaragüense de Telecomunicaciones, S.A. (ENITEL)(2)	Nicaragua	49.0		Fixed-line/Wireless
Comunicación Celular S.A. (Comcel)	Colombia	95.7		Wireless
Occidente y Caribe Celular S.A. (Occel) (3)	Colombia	93.4		Wireless
Celcaribe S.A.(4)	Colombia	94.0		Wireless
Consorcio Ecuatoriano de Telecomunicaciones, S.A. (CONECEL)	Ecuador	100.0		Wireless
TracFone Wireless, Inc.	Florida	98.2		Wireless
U.S. Commercial Corp, S.A. de C.V.	Mexico	29.7		Holding company
CompUSA, Inc.	Delaware	29.7		Technology solutions/Retailer

(1)

Percentage of equity owned by América Móvil directly or indirectly through subsidiaries or affiliates.

(2)

In January 2004, we acquired a non-controlling 49% interest in ENITEL. ENITEL provides fixed, mobile and other telecommunications services in Nicaragua. In June 2004, we signed an agreement to acquire an additional 50.03% interest in ENITEL. See “—Non-Mexican Operations—Central America.”

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Comcel holds directly 93.8% of Occel, and América Móvil holds indirectly 3.6% of Occel.

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Comcel holds directly 93.3% of Celcaribe, and América Móvil holds indirectly 4.7% of Celcaribe.

MEXICAN OPERATIONS

Our subsidiary Telcel is the leading provider of wireless communications services in Mexico. As of December 31, 2003, Telcel’s cellular network covered 35% of the geographical area of Mexico, including all major cities, and 81% of Mexico’s population. Telcel holds concessions to operate a wireless network in all nine geographic regions in Mexico using both the 800 megahertz (Band B) and 1900 megahertz (Band D) radio spectrums. As of December 31, 2003, Telcel had approximately 23.4 million cellular subscribers and, according to Cofetel, as of October 2003, an approximately 79% share of the Mexican wireless market. Approximately 15.6 million or 29.8% of Telcel’s total cellular subscribers are located in the Mexico City area.

In 2003, Telcel had revenues of Ps. 52,466 million (U.S.$4,669 million), representing 61.0% of our consolidated revenues for such period. As of December 31, 2003, Telcel accounted for approximately 53.6% of our total wireless subscribers.

The following table sets forth information on our Mexican operations’ financial results, subscriber base, coverage and related matters at the dates and for the periods indicated:


	December 31,
	1999		2000		2001		2002		2003
	(peso amounts in millions of constant pesos as of December 31, 2003)
Revenues	Ps.16,221		Ps.25,861		Ps.35,461		Ps.42,408		Ps.52,466
Average monthly revenues per subscriber during preceding 12 months(1)	324		244		201		165		176
Operating income(2)	3,500		5,965		9,838		12,290		17,695
Cellular lines in service (in thousands)	5,272		10,462		16,965		20,067		23,444
Subscriber growth during preceding 12 months	149.4	%	98.4	%	62.2	%	18.3	%	16.8	%
Company penetration(3)	5.4	%	10.7	%	16.9	%	19.7	%	22.1	%
Average monthly minutes of use per subscriber during preceding 12 months	90		86		73		67		81
Cellular call minutes for the preceding 12 months (in millions)	3,513		7,891		11,677		15,062		20,858
Employees	4,510		6,452		7,644		7,943		8,624

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Average for the year of the amount obtained each month by dividing service revenues by the number of customers. The figure includes both prepaid and postpaid customers and excludes equipment sales revenue.

(2)

See Note 21 to our audited financial statements.

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Number of Telcel cellular lines in service divided by the population of Mexico based on the latest census data available.

The business of Telcel is subject to comprehensive regulation and oversight by the Mexican Communications Ministry, Cofetel and Cofeco. The Communications Ministry is part of the executive branch of the Mexican federal government, and Cofetel is an independent agency of the Communications Ministry. Cofeco is an independent agency of the Ministry of Economy. Regulation and oversight are governed by the General Communications Law, the Federal Law of Telecommunications, the Telecommunications Regulations adopted under both the General Communications Law and the Federal Law of Telecommunications, the Federal Economic Competition Law, and the concessions and license agreements granted by the Communications Ministry. See “—Regulation.”

Services and Products

Voice services

Telcel offers voice services under a variety of rate plans to meet the needs of different user segments. The rate plans are either “postpaid,” where the customer is billed monthly for the previous month or “prepaid,” where the customer pays in advance for a specified volume of use over a specified period.

Telcel’s postpaid plans include the following charges:

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monthly charges, which usually include a number of minutes of use that are included in the monthly service change;

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usage charges, for usage in excess of the specified number of minutes included in the monthly charge; and

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additional charges, including charges for data services, voicemail, caller ID, call waiting, call blocking, short text messaging and general information.

Certain plans include the cost of roaming and long-distance in the price per minute so that all calls within Mexico cost the same amount per minute. Some postpaid plans are designed for high and moderate usage subscribers, who are typically willing to pay higher monthly fees in exchange for larger blocks of minutes that are included in the monthly service charge, services such as voicemail, call forwarding, call waiting, caller ID and three-way calling, and lower per minute airtime charges under a single contract. To satisfy the more limited needs of low-usage postpaid subscribers, Telcel also offers plans which provide a moderately priced, fixed monthly charge coupled with a high per minute airtime charge and relatively few included minutes. Postpaid customers, which include many corporate accounts and professionals, often subscribe for additional digital services such as voicemail, call forwarding, call waiting, caller ID and three-way calling, which are all included in the monthly fee. The minimum term of our postpaid plans is one year.

Telcel adjusts its rates based on competitive conditions, inflation rates and international standards. In July 1998, Telcel increased its nominal rates for monthly charges by 7% and usage charges by 5%, and in April 1999, it increased its nominal rates for monthly charges by 12%. Rates for postpaid plans have not increased since April 1999 and are expected to remain stable as long as the Mexican economic environment remains stable. Telcel offers discounts that reduce the effective rates paid by its customers based on the time of use, so that calls made during off-peak hours (10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. during the week or anytime on weekends) are less expensive than calls made during the remaining, or peak, hours. During 2003, Telcel offered promotions that included effective price-per-minute reductions. These promotions helped increase Telcel’s average monthly revenues per subscriber during 2003.

Telcel also offers several prepaid plans, none of which includes activation or monthly charges. Prepaid customers purchase a prepaid card for a specific amount of airtime and also receive additional services such as voicemail and caller ID, although these services are less comprehensive than those available under postpaid plans. Telcel began to offer cellular digital packet data (CDPD) services to prepaid customers in October 2001, short message services (SMS) to its own customers (prepaid and postpaid) in January 2002 and GSM data services over circuit switched technology (CSD) in October 2002 and to exchange SMS services with other cellular operators in December 2003.

Prepaid customers typically generate low levels of cellular usage and are often unwilling to make a fixed financial commitment or do not have the credit profile to purchase postpaid plan. Prepaid plans serve the needs of distinct consumer segments such as the youth market, families, customers with variable income who otherwise would not be able to obtain service due to their credit profile, and customers who prefer to pay in cash. Prepaid customers also include parents who wish to control costs for their children.

Telcel believes the prepaid market represents a large and growing under-penetrated market in Mexico and an opportunity to improve margins because, compared to the average postpaid plan, prepaid plans involve higher average per minute airtime charges, lower customer acquisition costs and no billing expenses, credit or payment risk. However, prepaid customers on average have substantially lower minutes of use than postpaid customers and do not pay monthly fees and, as a result, generate substantially lower average monthly revenues per customer.

Mexico uses the “calling party pays” system for cellular service, under which subscribers only pay for outgoing calls. This replaced “mobile party pays,” under which subscribers also paid for incoming calls, in May 1999. Subscribers have the option of retaining the “mobile party pays” system but must change their cellular telephone number to do so.

Data services

Short Message Services (SMS)

In January 2002, Telcel began to offer two-way SMS to its customers as part of its value-added services. Since the launch of two-way SMS, Telcel has experienced significant growth in traffic. Through arrangements with other operators, Telcel began to offer to its customers the ability to send and receive short messages to and from users of networks of other carriers throughout Mexico in the fourth quarter of 2003.

Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

As an enhanced version of SMS, MMS allows customers the capability to send, in a single message, multiple color images, sounds and different size text to another mobile phone or e-mail account. Telcel began to offer MMS through GSM technology to postpaid and prepaid customers in March 2003.

Premium SMS and Content Community

In April 2002, Telcel became the first Mexican operator to offer premium information services through its SMS capabilities, including weather reports, financial quotes and entertainment news. Other premium services include personalized ring tones and games. To further enhance its premium SMS offerings with well-known brands and content, Telcel has built a “Content Community” through agreements and special alliances with other companies, such as MTV, Universal Music, the Cartoon Network and the Discovery Channel.

Internet

Wireless application protocol (WAP) is a global standard designed to make Internet services available to mobile telephone users. At present, Telcel offers WAP include e-mail, data and information services and electronic commerce transactions. The standard allows a micro “browser” in a mobile phone to link into a gateway service in Telcel’s network enabling users to scroll through different pages of information on the Internet.

Telcel launched its WAP gateway in September 2000, enabling its prepaid and postpaid users in those regions to access e-mail, banking, and a variety of reservation and other types of electronic commerce services.

Data transmission

In September 2000, Telcel rolled out a data service network based on the cellular digital packet data (CDPD) platform available to postpaid subscribers in the major cities in all nine regions in Mexico. As of November 2001, these services were available to Telcel’s prepaid customers. The CDPD network is

a packet-switched network that takes advantage of the fact that, in many data applications, information is sent in bursts of activity, with intermittent quiet periods. Unlike data services carried over circuit-switched analog or digital wireless networks, the CDPD platform provides a significantly more cost-effective means of sending data for the majority of applications, as it allows many users to share the network channel. Instead of dialing in, subscribers to the CDPD system always remain connected to a network service that provides access to packet data networks.

Telcel’s CDPD services are able to accommodate such industry-specific applications as:

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Telemetry—Wireless networks will allow companies such as gas and electric suppliers to track customer usage via wireless connection between the field meter and a central control. Telemetry can also be applied in medicine to monitor patients within and away from the hospital.

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Wireless credit card validation—Terminal equipment allows merchants to verify credit/debit cards. With CDPD, the validation terminals can remain online wirelessly, substantially reducing the time required to process a validation and eliminating the need for a separate telephone line at the verification terminal. This can open up a variety of new applications in remote service industries, such as fast food and delivery.

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Dispatch applications—Courier companies, delivery companies, and companies with large field installation and repair groups use the CDPD technology to support their employees. Workers can be dispatched with detailed work orders, can access customer databases from the field and can close out work orders online.

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Public safety applications—States and municipalities can use CDPD as the primary means of data communication with public safety vehicles.

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Automated vehicle location—Utilizing a small device containing a CDPD modem and a global positioning system, or GPS, device, users can track vehicle fleets on the Internet, allowing rapid, cost-effective access to the information necessary to route and dispatch vehicles and packages.

Telcel offers circuit switch data (CSD) to all its users and general packet radio services (GPRS) to its postpaid users through its new GSM network. Telcel extended its GPRS services to prepaid users in October 2002. See “—Wireless Network.”

Products

Telcel offers a variety of products as complements to its wireless service, including handsets and accessories such as chargers, headsets, belt clips and batteries. As part of its basic prepaid service offering, Telcel provides new customers with an “Amigo Kit,” which includes a handset, a charger and other accessories at a discounted price. New postpaid customers also receive a handset at a discounted price, if they enter into a long-term contract with Telcel.

In the past, Telcel has offered a variety of handset types, including analog, digital and dual-mode dual-band devices. Most of the handsets that Telcel currently offers are dual-mode dual-band, which can operate in both analog and digital modes and can switch between the 800 and 1900 megahertz radio spectrums.

Interconnection

Telcel earns interconnection revenues from calls to any of its subscribers, or to an international roaming subscriber of another cellular service provider located within the region covered by Telcel, that originates with another service provider (cellular or fixed). Telcel charges the service provider from whose network the call originates an interconnection charge for every minute Telcel’s network is used in connection with the call. The current interconnection charge in Mexico for calls made from either a fixed line or a cellular line to another cellular line is Ps. 1.90 per minute. The current interconnection charge for calls made from a cellular line to a fixed line, which Telcel pays to Telmex, is U.S.$0.00975 per minute.

Telcel has interconnection agreements with Telmex and other service providers. The interconnection agreements specify a number of connection points, locations of interconnection points, the method by which signals must be transmitted and received and the costs and fees of interconnection. See “—Regulation—Interconnection.”

Roaming

Telcel offers international roaming services to its subscribers. Subscribers paying the international roaming fees are able to roam outside of Mexico, using the networks of cellular service providers with which Telcel has entered into roaming agreements. Telcel has entered into approximately 270 such agreements covering TDMA and GSM networks around the world. Roaming payments are channeled through Telecommunication Services International for TDMA and Electronic Data Systems Corporation for GSM, which function as central international clearing houses that collect and redistribute roaming fees from and to the participating providers.

Marketing

Telcel develops customer awareness through its marketing and promotion efforts and high-quality customer care. It builds upon the strength of its well-recognized brand name to increase consumer awareness and customer loyalty, employing continuous advertising efforts through print, radio, television, sponsorship of sports events and other outdoor advertising campaigns. In addition, Telcel employs concentrated advertising efforts to promote specific products and services such as the Amigo Kit, its Internet services and certain value-added services such as SMS.

Telcel targets groups of customers who share common characteristics or have common needs. Telcel then assembles a packet of services that meets the particular needs of that targeted group through one of its various pricing plans. As part of its promotional efforts, Telcel offers its new prepaid and postpaid subscribers either a complimentary handset or a handset at a discounted price when they subscribe, which the postpaid customers may keep when their service agreement expires in accordance with its terms.

Telcel has designed promotional packages, including free handsets and low monthly fees, to encourage new customers and current prepaid customers to subscribe to postpaid plans that include services such as voicemail, call waiting and caller ID.

Sales and Distribution

Telcel markets its wireless services primarily through exclusive distributors located throughout Mexico. In the year ended December 31, 2003, approximately 90% of Telcel’s sales of handsets were generated by cellular distributors, with approximately 9% from sales in company-owned stores, and approximately 1% from direct sales to corporate accounts. Telcel also sells and distributes its products and services over the Internet.

Telcel has relationships with a network of approximately 912 exclusive distributors, who sell Telcel’s services and products and receive commissions. Telcel operates permanent training and evaluation programs for distributors to help maintain the level of service quality.

Telcel’s company-owned retail stores offer one-stop shopping for a variety of cellular services and products. Walk-in customers can subscribe for postpaid plans, purchase prepaid cards and purchase handsets and accessories. Company-owned stores also serve as points of customer service and payment centers. Telcel owns and operates 129 customer sales and service centers throughout the nine regions of Mexico and will continue to open new service centers as necessary in order to offer its products directly to subscribers in more effective ways.

Telcel also distributes prepaid cards and handsets, the latter as part of the Amigo Kit consisting of handsets and free airtime ranging from 25 to 250 minutes, through distributors that include Telmex, Sears, Sanborns and its network of retail outlets. Telmex purchases the Telcel prepaid cards and handsets on the same or similar commercial terms offered to other cellular distributors.

To service the needs of its large corporate and other high-usage customers, Telcel has a dedicated corporate sales group.

Billing and Collection

Telcel bills its postpaid customers through monthly invoices, which detail itemized charges such as usage, services such as voicemail, call forwarding, call waiting, caller ID and three-way calling, and long-distance and roaming charges, in addition to applicable taxes. Customers may pay their bills with a credit card, through a bank (including its Internet website), in person at Telcel retail stores and, since July 2001, through Telcel’s Internet website.

If a postpaid customer’s payment is overdue, service may be suspended until full payment for all outstanding charges is received. If the subscriber’s payment is more than 60 days past due, service may be discontinued. Accounts that are more than 90 days past due are considered doubtful accounts.

A prepaid customer who purchases a prepaid card has 60 days from the date of activation of the card to use the airtime. After 60 days, the customer can no longer use that airtime for outgoing calls unless the customer activates a new card. After 180 days, unless the customer activates a new card, the service is discontinued and the balance on the card, if any, is recognized as revenue.

Customer Service

Telcel places a high priority on providing its customers with quality customer care and support. Approximately 48.2% of Telcel’s employees are dedicated to customer service. Customers may call a toll-free telephone number or go to one of the customer sales and service centers located throughout the nine regions for inquiries regarding their service or plan options. In addition, using Telcel’s website, subscribers may learn about the various offered rate plans, products and promotions, as well as subscribe for additional services and pay bills on line.

Wireless Network

Telcel’s wireless networks use principally digital technologies. As a proportion of total traffic, digital traffic measured 83.4% in December 2003. Over the last several years, Telcel has converted its network from analog to digital, and most of its customers have migrated to digital service. Telcel uses time division multiple access (TDMA) digital technology in the 800 megahertz (Band B) and the 1900 megahertz (Band D) frequency spectra. TDMA is a digital technology that divides radio spectrum into assigned time slots to transmit signals. In October 2002 Telcel launched a new network using global system for mobile communications (GSM) digital technology in the 1900 megahertz (Band D) frequency spectrum. GSM is a digital standard used in Europe, North America and elsewhere. Because it is so widely used, it provides higher quality and faster availability of new products and services and a wider variety of suppliers than TDMA technology. In addition, GSM provides access to a better developed path toward third generation wireless technologies.

An alternative digital technology, CDMA, divides radio spectrum using codes rather than time slots. Compared to TDMA and GSM, it permits more subscribers to use the same spectrum but is less mature and less well supported by suppliers. Because of GSM’s advantages over both TDMA and CDMA technologies, Telcel considers developing a GSM network to be the logical step to maintaining its leadership in the wireless market.

TDMA network

Telcel has a nationwide TDMA network. TDMA permits the use of advanced dual-mode dual-band handsets that allow for roaming across analog and digital systems and across 800 megahertz and 1900 megahertz spectrums. TDMA digital technology also allows for enhanced services and features, such as short alphanumeric message service, extended battery life, added call security and improved voice quality. TDMA equipment is available from leading telecommunications vendors such as Lucent, Ericsson and Nortel.

GSM network

Telcel has built and installed a GSM network in the 1900 megahertz frequency spectrum in all nine regions in Mexico, which began commercial operation in October 2002. The new GSM network allows Telcel to augment its digital capacity and progress in its evolution toward the third generation of wireless technology. GSM technology supports a wide range of voice and data services, including SMS, CSD, high-speed CSD and GPRS, and is currently the most widely used and tested wireless system in the world. GSM technology, which is used in all nine regions, is expected to yield global economies of scale in developing network equipment and handsets, as well as seamless global roaming capabilities.

Currently, in its first stage of deployment, Telcel’s GSM network offers service in all nine regions in Mexico, but does not provide coverage in all cities in those regions. As of December 31, 2003, Telcel covered approximately 400 cities with the GSM network, and Telcel’s GSM subscriber base amounted to approximately four million. As Telcel continues to roll out the GSM network, it plans to expand GSM coverage throughout the nine regions. Telcel expects that many customers will choose GSM equipment when they replace their existing TDMA equipment.

CSD and HSCSD technology

Circuit switch data (CSD) is an alternative system based on circuit switch platforms that provides data services by integrating the existing voice infrastructure. Like CDPD, CSD is considered to be the first level of 2.5G technology.

High-speed CSD (HSCSD) offers the same service as CSD, using voice channels for data transmission, but by joining several slots of information, it offers increased capacity and speed, making it better suited to the needs of users transmitting large amounts of information. Telcel plans to offer CSD as well as HSCSD services in all nine regions through its new GSM network.

GPRS technology

General packet radio services (GPRS) is a system for the transmission of data in packets using the GSM platform. It allows for the high-speed transmission of information and accommodates a variety of handsets, offering some third generation services but using different bands, hardware and software. GPRS allows GSM operators to offer new Internet protocol services and provide more attractive wireless internet Applications to a wide group of users. It offers customers efficient access to the Internet, allowing several users to share the same air-interface resources. Operators using GPRS are able to charge their customers based on the amount of transferred data rather than airtime, making GPRS a more attractive option for short transmissions of data. GPRS is similar to the CDPD technology offered through Telcel’s TDMA network, but it allows greater capacity than CDPD. Together with CSD and HSCSD services, GPRS services allow Telcel’s GSM subscribers to select data services suited to their specific needs.

Third generation development strategy

Third generation technologies will provide high-speed wireless packet data services and ultimately voice services over the Internet. Any successful third generation strategy must allow the wireless provider to achieve a pervasive footprint quickly and cost effectively and on a global scale through international roaming capacities. While third generation networks are currently under development and evaluation, transitional technologies including CDPD, CSD and GSM/GPRS have begun to bridge the gap between second and third generation technologies by offering enhanced high-speed data services.

Telcel is considering choosing enhanced data rates for global evolution (EDGE) as the intergeneration wireless architecture that will facilitate its ultimate deployment of third generation technology. One benefit of

EDGE is that it can be deployed in existing spectrum. As customers upgrade their equipment to EDGE, Telcel expects that all the applications developed and deployed today will be able to operate at higher speeds and in more places. EDGE is currently being developed by Ericsson, Nokia, Nortel, Lucent and Motorola.

The evolution from 2.5G to third generation technology is expected to make wireless networks capable of transmitting voice, data and video over a single network. The wireless industry has recently agreed to converge towards a common standard called wideband CDMA (W-CDMA) for the development of third generation technology. W-CDMA offers configurations that allow multifaceted processing and enable the transmission of large volumes of data, such as video data, at high speeds.

As part of its strategic evaluation concerning the deployment of EDGE technology, Telcel is engaged in discussions with suppliers and plans to test the technology with heavy-use consumers or corporate users. Telcel expects to launch EDGE with the existing cellular or PCS technologies and migrate to the W-CDMA third generation technology once a new set of broadband frequencies is made available by Cofetel and there is demand in Mexico for services requiring this technology.

Spectrum

Telcel currently holds concessions in each of the nine regions of Mexico in both the 800 megahertz and 1900 megahertz radio spectrums and is the only wireless provider in Mexico with a functioning nationwide network. Two other companies also hold concessions for nationwide service using the 1900 megahertz spectrum. The Mexican government has announced that it intends to auction 1900 megahertz spectrum during 2004. Telcel expects to actively participate in such auction whenever it occurs to ensure that its network meets consumer demand and that we retain our leading competitive position. We cannot be sure, however, that we will be granted additional spectrum in any such auction or that Cofeco will authorize Telcel to participate in any such auction. In 1998, Cofeco did not allow Telcel to participate in certain spectrum auctions, but we believe that the reasons for Cofeco’s denial are no longer applicable given the entry of new competitors in the Mexican market and our spin-off from Telmex.

In September 2003, Telcel entered into a service agreement with Mexican wireless operator Operadora Unefon, S.A. de C.V. (“Unefon”) to acquire capacity services from Unefon in the 1900 megahertz spectrum. The agreement has a 16-year term, and in September and October 2003, Telcel made two payments to Unefon amounting in the aggregate to U.S.$267.7 million, in prepayment of all amounts owed by Telcel to Unefon over the life of the agreement. Telcel is currently negotiating an amendment to this service agreement in order to receive more services from Unefon. Telcel does not expect to make any additional payments for these additional services.

Fixed wireless

Fixed wireless technology provides wireline quality voice telephony available over cellular networks. Voice channels are delivered over the existing telephone wiring within the residence or small business premises, allowing customers to utilize their existing telephones.

Telcel provides fixed wireless voice services to, among others, Telmex’s Ladafon shared telephone network, under which a line is available for public use by the residents of multi-unit dwellings. Telephone service is provided at a discount through existing wire lines within the residential premises, which are then connected to Telcel’s cellular network. Telcel also provides fixed wireless service to Telmex’s Ladatel public telephone network.

Property

Telcel’s wireless network includes transport and computer equipment, as well as exchange and transmission equipment consisting primarily of switches (which set up and route telephone calls either to the number called or to the next switch along the path, and which may also record information for billing and control purposes), cellular base stations (radio transmitters or receivers that maintain communications with the cellular telephones within given geographical areas or “cells”), microcells (small cells covered by low-power base stations), and local links and repeaters (equipment for radio or fiberoptic transmission between network elements). Telcel owns all of its network equipment, except for certain equipment that Telcel sold for Ps. 950 million to an unrelated financial institution during 2003 and subsequently leased back for a period of three years. Telcel has the option to reacquire such property at the end of the lease period. Telcel owns certain properties for commercial and administrative offices, the installation of some of its equipment, and 129 customer sales and service centers, while it leases other locations. Telcel operates certain equipment on Telmex property under a co-location agreement. See “Related Party Transactions” under Item 7.

Telcel currently relies on Ericsson for the supply of more than 60% (measured in terms of cost) of its switch and cell site equipment. Telcel purchases handsets and other customer equipment primarily from the major vendors, including Nokia, Sony-Ericsson, Motorola, Siemens and Samsung.

Competition

Telcel faces competition from other cellular providers using the 800 megahertz (Band A) spectrum and from providers with PCS licenses that have developed and continue to develop wireless service on the 1900 megahertz (Bands A, D and F) spectrum. Telcel’s competitors in Mexico include Grupo Iusacell, S.A. de C.V. (which is controlled by Movil@ccess, an affiliate of Grupo Salinas, S.A. de C.V. and Unefon), Movistar (a brand used by a group of companies controlled by Telefónica Móviles and Unefon, which is an affiliate of Grupo Iusacell, S.A. de C.V.). We also compete with Nextel in certain segments. According to Cofetel, Telcel’s share of the Mexican cellular market was approximately 79% in October 2003.

Concessions in the nine regions of Mexico have also been granted to permit the provision of PCS services using the A, B, D and E bands. Telcel uses Band D to provide PCS services and competes with other PCS services providers using the A, B and E bands in each of the nine regions of Mexico.

The effects of competition on Telcel depend, in part, on the business strategies of its competitors and the general economic and business climate in Mexico, including demand growth, interest rates, inflation and exchange rates. The effects could include loss of market share and pressure to reduce rates. Telcel believes that its strategies to meet competition will continue to help limit its loss of market share and that any loss of market share will be partly offset by increasing demand.

Regulation

The following is a summary of certain provisions of the General Communications Law, the Telecommunications Law and the Telecommunications Regulations applicable to Telcel and of the various concessions held by Telcel.

General

The General Communications Law, the Telecommunications Law and the Telecommunications Regulations provide the general legal framework for the regulation of telecommunications services in Mexico. The Telecommunications Law replaced certain provisions of the General Communications Law and established that only those provisions of the General Communications Law not opposed to the Telecommunications Law would remain in effect. Other regulations implementing particular provisions of the Telecommunications Law have been adopted or are pending. The main objectives of the Telecommunications Law are to promote the efficient development of the telecommunications industry, to encourage fair competition in the provision of quality, low-priced services and to assure satisfactory breadth of coverage of the Mexican population.

Under the Telecommunications Law, an operator of public telecommunications networks, such as Telcel, must operate under a concession granted by the Communications Ministry. Such a concession may only be granted to a Mexican citizen or corporation and may not be transferred or assigned without the approval of the Communications Ministry. A concession to provide services which utilize electro-magnetic frequencies, such as cellular telecommunications services, may have a term of up to twenty years and may be extended for additional terms of equal duration.

The Telecommunications Law requires public telecommunications concessionaires to establish open network architecture which permits interconnection and interoperability. Operators of private networks that do not use electro-magnetic frequencies or provide services to the public are not required to obtain a concession, permit or registration.

The Mexican Congress is in the process of considering a new Telecommunications Law. Some of the draft proposals for this new law include provisions aimed at strengthening the regulatory power of Cofetel, stimulating increased investment in telecommunications and increasing competition. If passed, the new Telecommunications Law could have a material effect on our operations. We are unable to predict whether or when such new law may be enacted and its effect on our business. As of the date of this annual report, a new Telecommunications Law has not been enacted.

Furthermore, the executive branch of the Mexican government also is considering the enactment of a new decree and regulations pertaining to Cofetel. If enacted, the provisions of this proposed decree and these regulations would limit Cofetel’s current authority and transfer some of Cofetel’s oversight to the Communications Ministry.

Regulatory oversight

The Mexican Communications Ministry, through Cofetel, is the government agency principally responsible for regulating telecommunications services. The Ministry’s approval is required for any change in Telcel’s bylaws. It also has broad powers to monitor Telcel’s compliance with the concessions, and it can require Telcel to supply it with such technical, administrative and financial information as it may request. Telcel is required to publish its annual network expansion program and must advise the Ministry of the progress of its expansion and modernization program on a quarterly basis.

Cofetel is an independent agency within the Communications Ministry, with four commissioners appointed by the Communications Ministry on behalf of the President of Mexico, one of whom is appointed as chairman. Cofetel’s mandate is to regulate the Mexican telecommunications sector. Many of the powers and obligations of the Communications Ministry under the Telecommunications Law and the Telecommunications Regulations have been delegated to Cofetel.

The Telecommunications Law gives certain rights to the Mexican government in its relations with concessionaires, including the right to take over the management of an operator’s networks, facilities and personnel in cases of imminent danger to national security, internal peace or the national economy, natural disasters and public unrest. The Telecommunications Law also provides that at the expiration of Telcel’s concessions, the Mexican government has a right of first refusal to acquire Telcel’s assets. See “—Termination of the Concessions.”

The Telecommunications Law provides that if a company is determined to be dominant in a relevant market according to the Federal Law of Economic Competition, the Communications Ministry has the power to adopt specific regulations on rates, quality of service and information provided by a dominant provider. To date, Telcel has not been declared a dominant provider, although there can be no assurance that such a determination will not be made in the future.

Rates

The Telecommunications Law provides that concessionaires may freely determine the rates for telecommunications services. Cellular rates are not subject to a price cap or any other form of price regulation. However, Telcel and other cellular carriers operating in Mexico are required to disclose to, and register with, Cofetel their rates for cellular service. The Communications Ministry is authorized to impose specific rate requirements on any operator that is determined to have substantial market power under the Federal Law of Economic Competition. Although no such determination has been made with respect to the market for cellular telecommunications services, there can be no assurance that such a determination will not be made in the future.

Concessions

Telcel operates under several different concessions covering particular frequencies and regions. It holds nine separate regional concessions, which together cover all of Mexico, to provide cellular telecommunications services using the 800 megahertz (Band B) radio spectrum. It also holds nationwide concessions to use the 1900 megahertz (Band D) radio spectrum and a related concession to provide cellular telecommunications services on that frequency. The Band B concessions require Telcel to pay fees (aprovechamientos) determined as a percentage of gross revenues derived from the concessioned services. The percentage is 5% for the Mexico City area and the states of Mexico, Morelos and Hidalgo and between 5% and 10% in other regions. The 1900 megahertz concessions were purchased for a fixed amount in 1998 and do not require Telcel to pay continuing fees (aprovechamientos).

Pursuant to the Federal Contributions Law (Ley Federal de Derechos), owners of concessions granted before January 1, 2003 and acquired for a fixed amount are not required to pay continuing fees (derechos) for the use and exploitation of radio spectrum bands. However, owners of concessions granted or renewed on or after January 1, 2003 are required to pay annual fees (derechos) for the use and exploitation of radio spectrum bands. The amount of annual fees (derechos) charged would depend on the relevant region and radio spectrum band. Such annual fees (derechos) can be substantially high in amount and are payable irrespective of the amount of fees (approvechamientos) paid.

The eight Band B concessions covering regions other than the Mexico City area were granted for initial terms of twenty years that will expire in 2010 and 2011. The Band B concession covering the Mexico City area (Region 9) was renewed effective October 2000 for a term of fifteen years that will expire in October 2015. The 1900 megahertz concessions were granted in 1998 for an initial term of 20 years that will expire in 2018.

In December 2002, the Communications Ministry granted Telcel a new concession to install, operate and exploit a telecommunications network to provide national and international long distance services, as well as data transmission services. The concession was granted for an initial term of 15 years, and it is subject to extension for an additional 15-year period. The concession limits Telcel to provide these services to its wireless subscribers for the first two years, which term can be extended by Cofetel.

Expansion and modernization requirements

Telcel’s concessions impose a number of requirements for expansion and modernization of its network. The concessions establish certain minimum network capacities that Telcel must achieve, to extend service coverage to a targeted percentage of population. Telcel is in compliance with these requirements.

Service quality requirements

The concessions also set forth extensive requirements for the quality and continuity of Telcel’s service, including, in some cases, maximum rates of incomplete and dropped calls and connection time. In May 2003, Cofetel issued the Fundamental Technical Plan for Quality of Local Mobile Services Networks, applicable to all

operators, including Telcel. Due to the fast growth in cellular services, Telcel, like all Mexican cellular carriers, has faced some service problems. Service problems have not, however, had any material adverse regulatory impact. Telcel monitors service quality for compliance with the requirements of the concessions and has shown marked improvement according to recent measurements conducted by Cofetel. Telcel has filed an injunction against the application to it of the Fundamental Technical Plan for Quality of Local Mobile Services and other related laws and acts promulgated by Cofetel, seeking protection from the provisions of this Technical Plan. It remains uncertain that Telcel will succeed in obtaining an injunction, and currently, Telcel remains subject to the provisions of the Technical Plan.

Competition

The Telecommunications Regulations and the concessions contain various provisions designed to introduce competition in the provision of communications services. In general, the Mexican Communications Ministry is authorized to grant concessions to other parties for the provision of any of the services provided by Telcel under the concessions.

Interconnection

Terms of interconnection (including fees) are negotiated between Telcel and other public telecommunications providers. In the event they are unable to agree, Cofetel may impose terms on Telcel and the other public telecommunications networks. The current interconnection charge payable to us by another operator for a call from its customer to our cellular line is Ps. 1.90 per minute. The current interconnection charge for calls made from a cellular line to a fixed line, which Telcel pays to Telmex, is U.S.$0.00975 per minute.

Termination of the concessions

The General Communications Law, the Telecommunications Law and the concessions include various provisions under which the concessions may be terminated before their scheduled expiration dates. Under the Telecommunications Law, the Communications Ministry may cause early termination of any of the concessions in certain cases, including:

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failure to exercise rights under a concession during the 180 days after that concession is granted;

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failure to expand telephone services at the rate specified in the concession;

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interruption of all or a material part of the services provided by Telcel;

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acts by Telcel with the effect of impeding the operations of other concessionaires;

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refusing interconnection arrangements with other concessionaires;

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change of jurisdiction by Telcel;

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transfer, assignment of, or grant of liens to, Telcel’s concessions or any asset used to provide service without Ministry approval;

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failure to pay certain government fees;

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violation of the prohibition against ownership of shares of Telcel by foreign states;

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any material modification of the nature of Telcel’s services without prior Ministry approval; and

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breach of certain other obligations under the General Communications Law.

In addition, the concessions provide for early termination by the Communications Ministry following administrative proceedings in the event of:

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a material and continuing violation of any of the conditions set forth in the concessions;

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material failure to meet any of the service expansion requirements under the concessions;

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material failure to meet any of the requirements under the concession for improvement in the quality of service;

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engagement in any telecommunications business not authorized under the concession and requiring prior approval of the Communications Ministry;

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following notice and a cure period, failure without just cause to allow other concessionaires to interconnect their networks to Telcel’s network; or

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bankruptcy of Telcel.

The General Communications Law (and one of Telcel’s cellular concessions in respect of that concession) provide that in the event of early termination of Telcel’s cellular concessions, all assets that are the subject of such concession would revert to the Government without compensation to Telcel. In the event of early termination of one of Telcel’s PCS concessions, the Government would have the option to purchase the equipment, installations and other assets used directly for the exploitation of the frequencies which are the subject of such concession. There is doubt as to whether the provisions of the concessions and the Telecommunications Law regarding the consequences of expiration of the concessions would apply to mitigate the provisions of the General Communications Law in the event of early termination. In the case of foreign investors, NAFTA and other similar international treaties may require compensation as mitigation for provisions of the General Communications Law that could result in measures tantamount to expropriation.

Speedy Móvil

Speedy Móvil, S.A. de C.V. is a Mexican company that develops mobile data solutions for SMS, wireless Internet (WAP) and voice-activated data applications for Telcel and our other subsidiaries and investments.

In addition to developing mobile data applications, Speedy Móvil evaluates content and application providers and enters into contracts with them in order to provide our wireless providers with content and applications. No concessions or licenses are necessary for Speedy Móvil’s operations.

NON-MEXICAN OPERATIONS

We have subsidiaries or businesses in the telecommunications sector in Argentina, Brazil, Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua), Colombia, Ecuador and the United States. Our principal subsidiaries outside Mexico are described below. The revenues of our subsidiaries other than Telcel represented 39.0% of our consolidated revenues for 2003.

In addition, we expect to have opportunities to invest in other telecommunications companies outside Mexico, especially in Latin America, because we believe that the telecommunications sector will continue to be characterized by growth, technological change and consolidation. We may take advantage of these opportunities through direct investments or other strategic alliances. We can give no assurance as to the extent, timing or cost of future international investments, and such investments may involve risks to which we have not previously been exposed.

The following table sets forth financial and operating information for certain of our non-Mexican operations for the periods indicated. For some countries, as specified in the notes to the table, we have included data for periods prior to dates on which we acquired these operations. We provide this information to show the trends in these businesses, but it is not reflected in our financial statements, which consolidate each operation from the date on which we acquired it. We have presented separately the results of the companies acquired during 2003—CTI, BCP, BSE, CTE and Celcaribe. The table presents full year 2003 data for these companies, although we did not own these companies on January 1, 2003 and did not consolidate them in our financial statements until after their respective acquisition dates.


	December 31,
	2001			2002			2003
	(in constant Mexican pesos as of December 31, 2003, except lines in service)
ARGENTINA
CTI(1) (full year 2003 data)
Operating revenues (millions)		—			—		Ps.	2,700
Average monthly revenues per subscriber during preceding 12 months(2)		—			—		Ps.	182
Operating income (millions)		—			—		Ps.	677
Cellular lines in service (thousands)		—			—			1,411
BRAZIL
Telecom Americas(3)
Consolidated operating revenues from continuing operations (millions)	Ps.	5,074		Ps.	7,340		Ps.	11,397
Average monthly revenues per subscriber during preceding 12 months(2)	Ps.	149		Ps.	123		Ps.	119
Operating income (loss) (millions)	Ps.	(525	)	Ps.	(197	)	Ps.	(2,134	)
Cellular lines in service (thousands)		4,333			5,192			9,521
BCP and BSE (combined full year 2003 data)(4)
Combined operating revenues (millions)		—			—		Ps.	7,212
Average monthly revenues per subscriber during preceding 12 months(2)		—			—		Ps.	121
Operating income (loss) (millions)		—			—		Ps.	(419	)
Cellular lines in service (thousands)		—			—			3,050
CENTRAL AMERICA
Telgua (Guatemala and Nicaragua)(5)
Combined operating revenues (millions)	Ps.	4,406		Ps.	4,620		Ps.	5,663
Average monthly revenues per subscriber during preceding 12 months(2)	Ps.	154		Ps.	152		Ps.	178
Operating income (loss) (millions)	Ps.	1,343		Ps.	1,250		Ps.	1,706


	December 31,
	2001			2002			2003
	(in constant Mexican pesos as of December 31, 2003, except lines in service)
Lines in service (thousands):
Fixed		715			804			930
Cellular		420			628			970
CTE (El Salvador)(6)
Combined operating revenues (millions)		—			—		Ps.	4,241
Average monthly revenues per subscriber during preceding 12 months(2)		—			—		Ps.	209
Operating income (millions)		—			—		Ps.	1,139
Lines in service (thousands):
Fixed		—			—			704
Cellular		—			—			216
COLOMBIA
Comcel, Occel and Celcaribe (as from February 2003)(7)
Combined operating revenues (millions)	Ps.	2,962		Ps.	3,738		Ps.	5,770
Average monthly revenues per subscriber during preceding 12 months(2)	Ps.	136		Ps.	147		Ps.	123
Operating income (loss) (millions)	Ps.	(355	)	Ps.	254		Ps.	592
Cellular lines in service (thousands)		1,884			2,822			3,674
Celcaribe(8)
Operating revenues (millions)		—			—		Ps.	549
Average monthly revenues per subscriber during preceding 12 months(2)		—			—		Ps.	125
Operating income (loss) (millions)		—			—		Ps.	3
Cellular lines in service (thousands)		—			—			414
ECUADOR
Conecel
Operating revenues (millions)	Ps.	852		Ps.	1,301		Ps.	2,717
Average monthly revenues per subscriber during preceding 12 months(2)	Ps.	139		Ps.	116		Ps.	130
Operating income (loss) (millions)	Ps.	(547	)	Ps.	(110	)	Ps.	549
Cellular lines in service (thousands)		484			923			1,537
UNITED STATES
TracFone
Operating revenues (millions)	Ps.	4,748		Ps.	4,242		Ps.	6,246
Average monthly revenues per subscriber during preceding 12 months(2)	Ps.	209		Ps.	167		Ps.	189
Operating income (loss) (millions)	Ps.	(1,694	)	Ps.	(257	)	Ps.	200
Cellular lines in service (thousands)		1,913			1,968			2,952

(1)

We began consolidating the results of CTI in November 2003.

(2)

(3)

Financial information is presented as if the acquisition of Tess had occurred on January 1, 2001, and all assets transferred by Telecom Americas pursuant to the 2002 restructuring are treated as discontinued operations. Accordingly, continuing operations consist of Tess, ATL, Telet and Americel, and starting in 2003, include BSE (as from May 2003), BCP (as from December 2003) and new operations started in the states of Santa Catarina, Paraná (excluding the municipalities of Londrina and Tamarana), Bahia and Sergipe. We began consolidating the results of Telecom Americas in July 2002.

(4)

We began consolidating the results of BSE and BCP in May and December 2003, respectively.

(5)

Includes Sercom Nicaragua, which began operations in December 2002.

(6)

We began consolidating the results of CTE in November 2003.

(7)

Includes Comcel, Occel and Celcaribe (as from February 2003). We began consolidating Comcel and Occel in February 2002.

(8)

We began consolidating the results of Celcaribe in February 2003.

Argentina (CTI)

CTI Holdings provides nationwide PCS wireless service in Argentina under the “CTI Móvil” brand name, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries CTI Interior and CTI PCS. We own a 92% interest in CTI, which we acquired through a series of transactions in 2003, and the remaining 8% interest is owned by Techint Compañía Técnia Internacional S.A.C.I., or “Techint Group,” one of Argentina’s largest industrial groups. We began including the results of CTI in our consolidated financial statements in November 2003. The Techint Group has the right to require us to purchase all of their interest in CTI for U.S.$17.1 million at any time during the two years following the completion of the restructuring of CTI’s unsecured indebtedness. We have the right to require the Techint Group to sell us their interest in CTI at any time during such period for U.S.$18.8 million.

We paid approximately U.S.$221.5 million for the acquisition of our interests in CTI Holdings. This transaction involved the purchase by us and our partner of approximately U.S.$600 million in principal amount of secured indebtedness of CTI’s operating subsidiaries. At the time of the acquisition, CTI had U.S.$263 million in principal amount of senior notes due 2008, which were in default. These notes were subject to an out-of-court reorganization agreement (Acuerdo Preventivo Extrajudicial, or “APE”) in Argentina, which was approved by the court in December 2003. Pursuant to the APE, the notes were cancelled in exchange for an aggregate cash payment of approximately U.S.$37.1 million.

At December 31, 2003, CTI had approximately 1.4 million subscribers, and CTI had approximately a 19.8% share of the Argentine wireless market as of October 2003. Approximately 81% of CTI’s subscribers at December 31, 2003 resided in the interior of Argentina and the balance in the greater Buenos Aires region. During 2003, CTI reported consolidated revenues of Ps. 2,700 million and operating income of Ps. 677 million, based on Mexican GAAP.

CTI began providing services in the interior of Argentina in 1994 and in Greater Buenos Aires in 2000. CTI offers basic cellular service through a variety of rate plans and also offers prepaid services. In addition, CTI offers long distance and value added services.

CTI’s cellular network uses analog and CDMA technology and covers approximately 95% of Argentina’s population. CTI has been authorized to develop a GSM network, and in December 2003 CTI reached an agreement with Nokia to deploy a nationwide GSM network. We have already deployed the GSM network in Buenos Aires and currently expect the network to be fully deployed by the summer of 2005. At December 31, 2003, CTI had 1,215 full-time employees.

CTI’s principal competitors are: Telecom Personal, a subsidiary of Telecom Argentina, the principal telecom operator in Argentina, which is controlled by Telecom Italia; Unifon, a subsidiary of Telefónica Móviles of Spain; and Movicom, which is controlled by BellSouth.

CTI Interior and CTI PCS hold licenses covering the entire Argentine territory. These licenses contain coverage, reporting and service requirements, but do not have a fixed expiration date. The Communications Ministry (Secretaría de Comunicaciones de la Nación) is in charge of supervising the telecommunications industry in Argentina. It is authorized to foreclose and sell the shares of a licensee in case of specified breaches of the terms of a license.

Brazil (Telecom Americas)

General

Telecom Americas is the second largest provider of wireless telecommunication services in Brazil, with an estimated nationwide market share in Brazil at December 31, 2003, of approximately 21%. Telecom Americas provides services in Brazil under a unified brand name, “Claro,” and it offers a variety of rate plans to its postpaid customers and offers prepaid services in all of its markets. At December 31, 2003, Telecom Americas served approximately 9.5 million subscribers compared to 5.2 million subscribers at December 31, 2002 and covered approximately 140 million licensed points of presence (POPs).

Telecom Americas owns and operates cellular networks that use TDMA digital technology. In addition, in 2003, it launched a new GSM network in certain major urban areas. We continue rolling out the GSM network with the goal of providing similar coverage as the Band A incumbent providers in the major markets. We intend to focus our commercial and marketing efforts towards encouraging use of GSM technology by new subscribers and existing subscribers renewing their contracts. We expect GSM to gradually become our principal wireless technology.

Telecom Americas has owned companies with operations in Brazil since shortly after Brazil allowed competition in the wireless industry in 1997 and 1998 and recently began to operate in two other regions in Brazil pursuant to new licenses acquired in November 2002. As discussed further below, these companies were acquired by Telecom Americas in a number of transactions commencing in 2000 and ending with the acquisitions of BSE and BCP during 2003. Until the fall of 2003, these companies were required to operate under different brands, but they now operate under the unified “Claro” brand. We are in the process of integrating their marketing efforts and product offerings, but each company is required by law to maintain certain separate administrative and reporting functions. At December 31, 2003, the Telecom Americas operating companies had approximately 5,705 employees.

Telecom Americas’ wireless properties in Brazil include ATL, Tess, Telet, Americel, BSE and BCP. We acquired our interests in BSE and BCP during 2003. All of these companies are licensed to operate under the PCS (Serviço Móvel Pessoal) regime. ATL operates in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo; Tess operates in the state of São Paulo (other than the city and metropolitan region of São Paulo); Telet operates in the state of Rio Grande do Sul; Americel operates in seven states in the central-west and northern regions of Brazil; BSE operates in the states of Ceará, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Pernambuco and Alagoas; and BCP operates in the metropolitan area of São Paulo. In addition, in 2003, Telecom Americas, through its subsidiaries, Stemar Telecomunicações Ltda. and Albra Telecomunicações Ltda., began operating in the states of Santa Catarina, Paraná (excluding the municipalities of Londrina and Tamarana), Bahia and Sergipe pursuant to new PCS licenses acquired in November 2002. BCP is the second largest wireless provider in the metropolitan region of São Paulo. As a result of the acquisition of our interests in BCP, Alecan Telecomunicações Ltda., a subsidiary of Telecom Americas, waived its rights to the PCS license that it acquired in November 2002 for the 1800 megahertz radio spectrum (Bands D and E) in the state of São Paulo.

All of these companies are wholly-owned and controlled subsidiaries of Telecom Americas, except for each of Americel and Telet in which BNDESPar (the private equity arm of BNDES, the Brazilian development bank) holds in the aggregate approximately 1.5% and 1.0% of the share capital, respectively. In November 2003, the National Telecommunications Agency of Brazil, or “ANATEL,” approved the acquisition of voting control by Telecom Americas of ATL, Tess, Americel and Telet, and Telecom Americas has by now acquired voting control of all these companies. Prior to that time, Telecom Americas owned substantially all of their economic interests (other than certain minority interests in each of Americel and Telet), but was not permitted to acquire control of the majority of their voting shares.

We are currently implementing a major restructuring of our ownership of Telecom Americas. As a part of this restructuring; in November 2003, Alecan Telecomunicações spun off its equipment assets to Americel, and Albra Telecomunicações merged into Telet.

We currently own approximately 97.5% of Telecom Americas. Telecom Americas was organized in November 2000 as a joint venture among us, Bell Canada International Inc. (“BCI”) and SBC International, Inc. (“SBCI”). Telecom Americas was initially organized to hold certain of the partners’ telecom interests throughout South America, but was reorganized in February 2002 to focus on the Brazilian wireless sector. In July 2002, we acquired all of BCI’s shares of Telecom Americas. We paid approximately U.S.$370 million for the shares, of which U.S.$194 million was paid in 2002 and the remainder was paid in March 2003. Also in July 2002, we acquired SBCI’s interest in Telecom Americas pursuant to a transaction in which we also sold our 50% interest in Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico, Inc. to SBCI.

In April 2002, Telecom Americas issued to a financial investor 1,844 nonvoting convertible preferred shares, representing approximately 2% of the capital stock of Telecom Americas. The preferred shares may be converted to common shares at the holder’s option at any time. The preferred shares are entitled to dividends per share equal to 1.5 times the amount of any dividends per share declared on the common shares and to preference over the common shares in the return of capital upon liquidation up to an aggregate amount of U.S.$300 million. The preferred shares have no voting rights and no right to representation on the board of directors. A holder has the right to require that half of these shares be included for sale in a registered offering by Telecom Americas, including demand registration rights exercisable beginning in 2006, and in some circumstances to require that half of these shares be included if we sell more than 20% of the shares of Telecom Americas. Holders have the right to sell half of the shares to us beginning in 2006 at a price based on the amount of the liquidation preference for such shares plus interest at a nominal interest rate, and we have the right to acquire half of the shares at the same price beginning in 2006 and until July 31, 2007.

Competition

Although the number of competitors has decreased primarily as a result of consolidation, competition in the Brazilian wireless industry is substantial and varies by region. In addition to us, there are two other groups in Brazil with significant nationwide coverage. The largest is Vivo, a joint venture between Telefónica Móviles of Spain and Portugal Telecom. The joint venture or one of its partners owns interests in some of the companies that were created upon the breakup of Telebrás. The other is Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM). Oi, which is owned by Telemar, is also an important competitor, with a significant presence in Rio de Janeiro and other areas. We also face competition from Nextel, a joint venture between Motorola and Nextel Communications, Inc., for trunking services to the corporate segment in urban areas.

Recent acquisitions

Telecom Americas acquired its interests in ATL, Americel and Telet primarily through contributions from us and our former partners in transactions that were undertaken in 2000 and 2002. Telecom Americas acquired its interests in Tess from Telia Overseas AB, Telia AB and Algar Telecom S.A. in 2001 for U.S.$950.0 million, consisting of U.S.$318.7 million in cash and U.S.$631.3 million in promissory notes. Telecom Americas made the final payment of principal under the promissory notes in March 2004.

In May 2003, Telecom Americas acquired 97.5% of the shares of BSE S.A. from a subsidiary of BellSouth Corporation and from holding companies of the Safra family. The purchase price was based on a net enterprise value of BSE of U.S.$180 million. Later in 2003, Telecom Americas acquired the remaining interests in BSE held by minority investors, thereby increasing its interest to 100%. In 2003, BSE reported consolidated revenues of Ps. 2,247 million and consolidated operating income of Ps. 108 million, based on Mexican GAAP. We began including the results of BSE in our consolidated financial statements in May 2003. BSE had approximately one million subscribers at the time of the acquisition.

In November 2003, Telecom Americas acquired 100% of the shares of BCP S.A. from certain lenders to BCP, who had acquired the shares formerly held by affiliates of BellSouth and the Safra family and local minority investors. The purchase price was U.S.$643 million. All of BCP’s outstanding long-term indebtedness

prior to the acquisition was cancelled or acquired by us in connection with the transaction. In 2003, BCP reported consolidated revenues of Ps. 4,965 million and consolidated operating loss of Ps. 525 million, based on Mexican GAAP. We began including the results of BCP in our consolidated financial statements in December 2003. BCP had approximately 1.7 million subscribers at the time of the acquisition. In connection with our bid for BCP, we granted Telemar an option to acquire a minority interest in BCP, subject to certain conditions. In October 2003, the option was cancelled, and we agreed to pay Telemar U.S.$35 million during the second quarter of 2004.

Regulatory environment

In conjunction with the breakup and privatization of the Telecomunicações Brasileiras S.A.—Telebrás telecommunications monopoly, Brazil opened its cellular mobile telephone service industry to private enterprises. Starting in 1997, ten cellular licenses covering all of Brazil were auctioned to wireless operators to compete against the eight incumbent providers that emerged from the Telebrás breakup and that were subsequently auctioned to private enterprises. Accordingly, there were two cellular service providers in all markets in Brazil, including the city of São Paulo, one operating in subfrequency Band A and another in subfrequency Band B. Starting in 1999, the entire Brazilian telecommunications sector has been open to competition.

In 1997, Brazil enacted the General Telecommunications Law (Lei Geral de Telecomunicações) to promote competition among service providers and establish an independent regulatory agency, ANATEL, to regulate its telecommunications industry. ANATEL issues licenses for both wireless and wireline operators. ANATEL has the authority to grant concessions and licenses for all telecommunications services, except for broadcasting services.

In September 2000, ANATEL published guidelines for the implementation of PCS (Serviço Móvel Pessoal) operations in Brazil. Under the guidelines, Brazil is divided into three regions for PCS operation within the 1800 megahertz frequency, as opposed to ten regions for the cellular service providers. Under the September 2000 guidelines, the Band A and Band B cellular providers have the option to switch to PCS, and migration to PCS is a condition for the extension of their concessions. All concessionaires in Brazil have migrated to the PCS regime. Upon migration to PCS, the Band A and Band B cellular providers have the right to apply for long distance services licenses and are no longer subject to cellular regulations that restricted them from operating in more than two regions per Band. Regulations require that migrating companies adopt PCS service plans and provide for the establishment of charges for the use of one operator’s network by another. During 2003, all of the Telecom Americas operating companies exchanged their original concessions for 15-year PCS authorizations. The 15-year period started from the time the original concessions were granted, generally in 1997 or 1998. This change will allow the operating companies to extend the life of the license for an additional 15 years, upon the payment of a fee.

The September 2000 guidelines also established rules regarding the selection of up to three additional wireless providers per region, corresponding to Bands C, D and E. Any company organized and based in Brazil, even if foreign-owned, was allowed to bid for a PCS license. Interested companies were permitted to bid for PCS licenses in each of the three regions, and were permitted to acquire PCS licenses for all three regions. However, each provider, whether cellular or PCS, is limited to only one license per service area.

Beginning in February 2001, ANATEL initiated a series of auctions through which it sold rights to D-Band and E-Band licenses. After canceling the auction of new licenses under the C-Band, ANATEL implemented procedures in May 2002 for the sale of C-Band bandwidth in installments not to exceed 45 megahertz per service provider, through which each of Telecom Americas’ principal operating companies acquired bandwidth.

In Brazil, rates for telecommunications services are regulated by ANATEL. In general, PCS licensees are authorized to increase rates only for inflation and on an annual basis. Under extraordinary conditions, licensees can request ANATEL for approval of real increases in rates, but there is no assurance that ANATEL would grant such authorization.

There have been recent press reports about the possibility of ANATEL enacting new regulations regarding the method of determining interconnection fees by cellular providers. Currently, operators determine interconnection fees by agreement, subject to ANATEL approval of the agreed rates. It is anticipated that, if enacted, these new regulations would provide for a cost-based method of determining interconnection fees and include a transition period. Because ANATEL has not published any information regarding these possible new regulations, we are not able to determine the impact, if any, that these possible new regulations may have on our results or operations.

Central America

Guatemala (Telgua)

Telecomunicaciones de Guatemala, S.A. (Telgua) is a fixed-line telecommunications operator in Guatemala that was privatized in November 1998. Subsidiaries of Telgua also provide wireless, Internet, cable television, paging, data transmission and other services in Guatemala. We own approximately 98.8% of the stock of Telgua. We acquired a portion of our interest in the subsidiaries in May 1999. We acquired the majority of our interest in Telgua and the balance of our interest in the subsidiaries in March 2000 and increased these interests to their present levels through a series of acquisitions of shares from minority shareholders during 2001, 2002 and 2003. We use the term “Telgua” below to refer to Telgua and the affiliates together.

At December 31, 2003, Telgua had approximately 930,000 fixed-line subscribers compared to 804,000 at December 31, 2002, a market share of approximately 95%.

Telgua’s wireless business is operated by its affiliate Servicios de Comunicaciones Personales Inalámbricas, S.A. (Sercom). Sercom’s cellular network uses CDMA digital technology and, as of October 2003, overlaid GSM technology, which covers approximately 78% of its population. At December 31, 2003, Sercom had approximately 870,000 wireless subscribers, representing a market share of approximately 45.3%.

Telgua offers a variety of services through its fixed-line and wireless networks, including Internet access, data transmission, cable television, two-way communication systems used mainly for group communication, and dispatch applications, or “trunking,” and also sells handsets and related products. Telgua markets and distributes its services and products directly to customers and also employs a network of independent distributors for services and products other than basic telephony, such as prepaid calling cards and handsets.

Telgua continues to be the principal provider of fixed-line and mobile services in Guatemala. Telgua’s principal competitors in the wireless sector are Millicom (Comcel), Telefónica of Spain and BellSouth.

Telgua’s business is subject to comprehensive regulation and oversight by the Guatemalan Telecommunications Agency (Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones de Guatemala) under the General Telecommunications Law (Ley General de Telecomunicaciones). Telgua holds a license from the Guatemalan government to operate its nationwide fixed-line network and numerous licenses to operate its cellular network on different frequencies and in different regions. See “Legal Proceedings” under Item 8 for a discussion of certain proceedings that the Guatemalan government has commenced against Telgua.

Nicaragua (Sercom and ENITEL)

We own a 99.0% interest in Servicios de Comunicaciones de Nicaragua, S.A. (Sercom) and launched wireless services in Nicaragua in December 2002. Sercom’s cellular network uses GSM technology to provide service to its customer base. As of December 31, 2003, Sercom had approximately 100,000 subscribers.

Sercom entered the market as the third mobile operator, joining BellSouth and ENITEL Móvil, the cellular branch of ENITEL, the incumbent fixed line operator in Nicaragua. Sercom’s business is subject to

comprehensive regulation and oversight by the Nicaraguan Telecommunications Agency (Instituto Nicaragüense de Telecommunicaciones y Correos) under the General Telecommunications and Postal Services Law (Ley General de Telecomunicaciones y Servicos Postales).

In December 2003, the Nicaraguan Government accepted our bid to acquire a 49% interest in Empresa Nicaragüense de Telecomunicaciones, S.A. (ENITEL) for a price of U.S.$49.6 million. ENITEL provides fixed, mobile and other telecommunications services in Nicaragua. At December 31, 2003, ENITEL had approximately 120,000 wireless and 200,000 fixed-line subscribers. We consummated the acquisition of the 49% interest in ENITEL in January 2004.

In June 2004, we signed an agreement to acquire an additional 50.03% interest in ENITEL from Megatel LLC and certain other investors. We also agreed to acquire from these investors all of the shares of Megatel de Honduras, S.A. de C.V., which provides wireless and other telecommunications services in Honduras. At March 31, 2004, Megatel de Honduras had approximately 61 thousand wireless subscribers. The acquisition of Megatel de Honduras closed on June 29, 2004. The acquisition of the additional 50.03% interest in ENITEL is subject to a number of conditions, including receipt of regulatory approvals, and is expected to close in July 2004.

El Salvador (CTE)

Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de El Salvador (CTE) provides fixed, mobile and other telecommunications services in El Salvador. We acquired a 51% interest in CTE from France Telecom and certain other investors in October 2003 for an aggregate purchase price of U.S.$417 million. Subsequently, we acquired an additional 1.2% interest in CTE from minority shareholders at the end of 2003 and the beginning of 2004. As part of the acquisition, we acquired the right to receive a management fee equal to 5% of CTE’s EBITDA and 2% of CTE’s net sales until at least 2008. For the purpose of calculating the fee, each of EBITDA and net sales is defined in the management agreement. The Salvadoran government holds approximately 43% of CTE’s share capital, and approximately 6% is held by employees or former employees. During 2003, CTE reported consolidated sales of Ps. 4,241 million and consolidated operating income of Ps. 209 million, based on Mexican GAAP. We began including the results of CTE in our consolidated financial statements in November 2003.

At December 31, 2003, CTE had approximately 704,000 fixed-line subscribers and a market share of approximately 90%.

CTE’s wireless business is operated by its subsidiary CTE Telecom Personal S.A. de C.V. Personal’s cellular network uses GSM digital technology and covers approximately 67% of the Salvadorean population. At December 31, 2003, Personal had approximately 212,000 wireless subscribers, which we estimate represents a market share of approximately 24%. Personal offers both prepaid and postpaid plans.

CTE offers a variety of services through its fixed-line and wireless networks, including Internet access, data transmission and satellite television, and also sells handsets and related products. CTE also operates a telephone directory business in El Salvador and offers fixed-line services in Guatemala. CTE markets and distributes its services and products directly to customers and also employs a network of independent distributors for services and products other than basic telephony, such as prepaid calling cards and handsets. At December 31, 2003, CTE and its subsidiaries had approximately 2,563 employees.

CTE is the principal provider of fixed-line services in El Salvador. CTE’s principal competitor in the wireless sector is Telemovil, an affiliate of Millicom International, with a market share of approximately 44%. CTE also competes with Telefónica de El Salvador, an affiliate of Telefónica Móviles of Spain, and Digicel, which is owned by a consortium of international investors.

CTE’s business is subject to comprehensive regulation and oversight by the Salvadorean Energy and Telecommunications Agency (Superintendencia General de Electricidad y Telecomunicaciones). CTE holds a concession from the Salvadorean government to operate its nationwide fixed-line network and a nationwide PCS 1900 license to operate its cellular network.

Colombia (Comcel, Occel and Celcaribe)

Comunicación Celular S.A. (Comcel), Occidente y Caribe Celular S.A. (Occel) and Empresa Regional de Communicaciones Celulares de la Costa Atlántica S.A. (Celcaribe) provide wireless telecommunications services in Colombia, Comcel in the eastern region of the country, Occel in the western region, and Celcaribe principally in the Caribbean region. We acquired our interests in Comcel and Occel in 2002 from Telecom Americas and certain other shareholders and increased them to their present levels through a series of capitalized investments in 2002. Comcel acquired its interest in Celcaribe from Millicom International Cellular in February 2003. This acquisition allowed us to provide nationwide coverage in Colombia. We hold a 95.7% interest in Comcel, a 93.4% interest in Occel and a 94.0% interest in Celcaribe. Occel and Celcaribe operate under the “Comcel” brand, and we use the term “Comcel” below to refer to Comcel, Occel and Celcaribe together.

Comcel’s network uses analog and TDMA digital technology and covers approximately 74.0% of Colombia’s population. In late 2003, Comcel completed the overlay of a GSM network and can now offer GSM services nationwide. At December 31, 2003, Comcel had approximately 3.7 million subscribers, compared to 2.8 million subscribers at December 31, 2002, and believed it had a 59.0% share of the wireless market.

Comcel offers basic cellular service through a variety of rate plans and also offers prepaid service. Purchasers of Comcel’s “Amigo” kit for prepaid service receive a cellular phone together with a prepaid calling card, enabling the customer to activate wireless service without contracts, monthly fees or credit checks. Comcel markets its services through independent local distributors and a direct sales force. In addition, Comcel and its distributors have arrangements with various supermarkets for the distribution of all of Comcel’s basic services and products as well as the provision of technical service and assistance. The Amigo prepaid card is available in various chain stores nationwide. Comcel’s strategy is to continue to expand its customer base through the build-out of its network.

In each of the three regions of Colombia, we compete with BellSouth and Colombia Móvil, a consortium of two Colombian public-sector, fixed-line operators. Colombia Móvil started nationwide commercial operations in November 2003. In March 2004, BellSouth reached an agreement to sell its assets in Latin America to Telefónica Móviles of Spain. This transaction, if completed, may increase competition in Colombia. Comcel also competes with traditional fixed-line telephone service operators. In addition, Comcel faces competition from alternative wireless services, including mobile radio and paging services, rural wireless operators and trunking services. These competing wireless services are widely used in Colombia as a substitute for fixed-line services.

The Ministry of Communications of Colombia and the Telecommunications Regulation Commission are responsible for regulating and overseeing the telecommunications sector, including cellular operations. The Ministry of Communications, which granted the cellular concessions in 1994, supervises and audits the performances of the concessionaires’ legal and contractual obligations. The activities of Comcel are also supervised by the Colombian Superintendency of Industry and Commerce, which enforces antitrust regulations, promotes free competition in the marketplace and protects consumer rights.

Comcel, Occel and Celcaribe hold ten-year concessions, acquired in 1994, to provide wireless telecommunications services in the eastern, western and Caribbean regions of Colombia. Under the terms of the concessions, each of Comcel, Occel and Celcaribe is required to make quarterly royalty payments to the Ministry of Communications based on its revenues. Under the terms of an agreement entered into in January 1997, the Ministry of Communications has agreed to renew their concessions through 2014.

Ecuador (Conecel)

Consorcio Ecuatoriano de Telecomunicaciones, S.A. CONECEL (Conecel) is a wireless telecommunications operator in Ecuador. We acquired a 60% interest in Conecel in March 2000 and gave the other investors certain rights to sell us their shares. In April 2002, the other investors exercised their first put rights, and we paid approximately U.S.$70.3 million to increase our interest to 80.6%. In July 2003, we acquired the remaining interests in Conecel for an identical amount, increasing our interest in Conecel to 100%.

At December 31, 2003, Conecel had approximately 1.5 million subscribers, compared to approximately 923,000 at December 31, 2002, representing a 64% share of the Ecuadorian wireless market.

Conecel owns and operates a cellular network that uses TDMA digital technology, and in May 2003, it launched a new GSM network. The two networks cover the same areas, which account for approximately 80% of the geographic area of Ecuador. Conecel is focusing its commercial and marketing efforts towards encouraging use of GSM technology by new subscribers and existing subscribers renewing their contracts and expects GSM to become its principal wireless technology within the next five to ten years.

Conecel’s principal competitor is BellSouth Ecuador, which offers wireless local, national and international long-distance and public telephone services in Ecuador. At December 31, 2003, BellSouth Ecuador had approximately 860,000 subscribers, representing a 35% share of the Ecuadorian wireless market. In March 2004, BellSouth reached an agreement to sell its assets in Latin America to Telefónica Móviles of Spain. This transaction, if completed, may increase competition in Ecuador.

Conecel is subject to regulation from:

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the National Telecommunications Counsel (Consejo Nacional de Telecomunicaciones, or Conatel), which is responsible for policy-making in the telecommunications area;

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the National Telecommunications Secretariat (Secretaría Nacional de Telecomunicaciones), which is responsible for executing Conatel’s resolutions; and

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the Telecommunications Agency (Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones), which monitors the use of authorized frequencies and compliance with concession provisions.

Conecel holds nationwide concessions, which have been fully paid, to operate its wireless network on the 800 megahertz (Band A) radio spectrum. These include a concession for cellular telephone service that expires in 2008, and concessions for data transmission and Internet services that expire in 2017.

United States (TracFone)

TracFone Wireless, Inc. is engaged in the sale and distribution of prepaid wireless service and wireless phones throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. We own 98.2% of the capital stock of TracFone. We first acquired a controlling interest in TracFone in February 1999.

TracFone currently offers its prepaid wireless service and wireless handsets throughout the United States using an extensive distribution network. At December 31, 2003, TracFone had approximately 3.0 million subscribers and is one of the three largest operators in the U.S. prepaid cellular market. TracFone’s subscriber base increased by 50.0% in 2003.

TracFone does not own any wireless telecommunications facilities or hold any licenses. Instead, it purchases airtime through agreements with approximately 40 wireless service providers and resells airtime to customers. Through these agreements, TracFone has a nationwide network covering all areas in which wireless services are available. Customer usage is monitored using patented, proprietary software installed in each phone TracFone sells, and TracFone provides customer service and manages customers as though it were a network-based carrier. TracFone has entered into agreements with Nokia and Motorola to enable them to include TracFone’s software in various handsets they produce. TracFone’s business model does not require any significant capital expenditure. TracFone sells handsets through a variety of U.S. retail stores and sells its prepaid airtime through a large number of independent retailers throughout the United States. TracFone competes with the major U.S. wireless operators. TracFone expects that many of these carriers will increase their focus on prepaid wireless services in the future. TracFone is subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, or “FCC,” and to U.S. telecommunications laws and regulations. TracFone is not required to procure licenses to carry out its business.

OTHER INVESTMENTS

Our principal investments in affiliates other than our subsidiaries are described below. Financial information provided for these affiliates has been prepared in accordance with local accounting principles and restated in constant pesos as of December 31, 2003. We can give no assurance as to the extent, timing or cost of future international investments, and such investments may involve risks to which we have not previously been exposed.

Techtel (Argentina)

Pursuant to the February 2002 reorganization of Telecom Americas, we acquired a 60% interest in Techtel-LMDS Comunicaciones Interactivas, S.A., which operates a local multipoint distribution services (LMDS) and fiber optic network in Argentina, providing voice, data and video transfer services and other related telecommunications services. LMDS is a wireless broadband technology that uses radio signals to transmit voice, video and data. Techtel began providing long-distance fixed-line voice services and call center support in December 2000 and launched local fixed-line voice services in August 2001. In April 2004, we sold our interests in Techtel to Telmex. See “Related Party Transactions” under Item 7.

Telstar (Uruguay)

We acquired a majority interest in Telstar S.A. pursuant to the February 2002 reorganization of Telecom Americas. Telstar has completed an LMDS network to provide data transmission services in Montevideo, Uruguay. In April 2004, we sold our interests in Telstar to Telmex. See “Related Party Transactions” under Item 7.

U.S. Commercial Corp.—CompUSA

We acquired a 49% interest in CompUSA, Inc. in March 2000. In December 2003, as a result of a series of transactions, we exchanged our 49% interest in CompUSA for a 29.7% interest in US Commercial Corp., S.A. de C.V. and Ps. 180 million. U.S. Commercial Corp. is a Mexican company with shares listed on the Mexican stock exchange. Its principal asset is 100% of the shares of CompUSA. We recorded a loss of Ps. 279 million on the transaction. In 2004, we reclassified our investment in U.S. Commercial Corp. as available for sale. The controlling shareholder of US Commercial Corp. is an affiliate of América Telecom, our controlling shareholder. See “Related Party Transactions” under Item 7.

CompUSA is a provider of technology solutions and a retailer of personal computing equipment, based in Dallas, Texas, and operates a number of CompUSA Computer Superstores throughout the United States. CompUSA competes with a variety of resellers of personal computers and related products and services, including large format computer retailers, Internet-based retailers, manufacturers and distributors that sell directly to the public, and other personal computer retailers. In addition, CompUSA has numerous competitors in its training and technical service businesses.

Telvista

We own an indirect 44.2% interest in Telvista, which we acquired in June 2001 from Technology and Internet Holding Co., a company in which we, Telmex and Grupo Carso have a joint interest. Telvista is a Delaware corporation that operates call centers in the United States.

CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

The following table sets forth our consolidated capital expenditures for each year in the three-year period ended December 31, 2003


	Year ended December 31,
	2001		2002		2003
	(millions of constant pesos as of December 31, 2003)
Transmission and switching equipment	Ps.	13,398	Ps.	9,379	Ps.	11,685
Other		3,661		1,871		1,968

Total capital expenditures	Ps.	17,059	Ps.	11,250	Ps.	13,653

Our capital expenditures during 2003 related primarily to the completion of the rollout of a GSM network in Mexico and the rollout of new GSM networks in Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador. We have budgeted capital expenditures of approximately U.S.$1.4 billion for the year ending December 31, 2004, but this budgeted amount could change as we re-evaluate our expenditure needs during the year. We expect that our capital expenditures during 2004 will primarily relate to the completion of the rollout of a new GSM network in Argentina and the expansion of GSM coverage in Mexico and Brazil. We expect to make approximately 35% of our 2004 budgeted capital expenditures in Mexico, which represents a decrease from prior years.

Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and the notes thereto included in this annual report. Our financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Mexican GAAP, which differs in certain respects from U.S. GAAP. Note 23 to the audited financial statements provides a description of the principal differences between Mexican GAAP and U.S. GAAP, as they relate to us, a reconciliation to U.S. GAAP of operating income, net income and total stockholders’ equity and a condensed statement of cash flows under U.S. GAAP.

Pursuant to Mexican GAAP, in our financial statements:

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gains and losses in purchasing power from holding monetary liabilities or assets are recognized in income; and

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all amounts are restated in constant pesos as of December 31, 2003.

Background

Effects of Recent Acquisitions

In 2002 and 2003, we acquired a total of seven companies throughout Latin America. The consolidation of these companies affects the comparability of our recent results and will continue to affect comparability in 2004, particularly as the more significant of our 2003 acquisitions were not consolidated until the fourth quarter of 2003.

During 2003, we completed the acquisition of five companies. Our consolidated financial statements reflect the consolidation of these companies as follows:

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Celcaribe (as from February 2003);

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BSE (as from May 2003);

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CTE (as from November 2003);

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CTI (as from November 2003); and

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BCP (as from December 2003).

As a result of these acquisitions, we acquired 4.2 million new wireless subscribers during 2003, representing approximately 35% of our subscriber growth during 2003. The revenues of these companies that are included in our consolidated financial statements together accounted for 4.5% of our operating revenues in 2003.

Our 2002 audited financial statements reflect the consolidation of Comcel beginning in February 2002 and Telecom Americas beginning in July 2002. Comcel and Telecom Americas together accounted for 20.0% of consolidated revenues in 2003 and 12.0% in 2002. Prior to their consolidations, our audited financial statements reflected their net results under the equity method. We acquired control of Comcel as part of the reorganization of Telecom Americas in February 2002, and we acquired control of Telecom Americas when we acquired the interests held by our former partners pursuant to a series of transactions ending in July 2002.

The following table sets forth the full-year revenues of the companies we acquired in 2002 and 2003 in millions of constant pesos as of December 31, 2003, as well as the percentage of those revenues that are included in our consolidated revenues. The table does not include results of these companies for years prior to the year during which we consummated the respective acquisitions. Revenues for periods prior to the date on which we acquired these companies are not reflected in our consolidated financial statements.


	Annual Revenues
	2002	% consolidated		2003	% consolidated
Comcel(1)	Ps.4,302	91.6	%	Ps.5,770	100.0	%
Telecom Americas(2)	7,032	46.8		11,397	100.0
Celcaribe	—	—		549	92.5
BSE	—	—		2,247	70.0
CTE	—	—		4,241	19.0
CTI	—	—		2,700	19.8
BCP	—	—		4,965	9.0

(1)

Includes Celcaribe (as from February 2003).

(2)

Includes BSE (as from February 2003) and BCP (as from December 2003).

Geographic Segments

We have significant operations in nine countries, which are grouped for financial reporting purposes in eight geographic segments. Segment information is presented in Note 21 to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report. Mexico accounted for 61.0% of our total operating revenues in 2003, down from 71.0% in 2002. This percentage may decrease somewhat in 2004 as a result of a full year of consolidating the companies acquired during 2003.

Our subsidiaries report significantly different operating margins, with Mexico, Central America and Ecuador showing margins higher than or similar to our consolidated operating margin in 2003 and the remainder showing lower margins or, in the case of Brazil, an operating loss.

The factors that drive financial performance can differ for our operations in different countries, depending on the business model, competitive situation, regulatory environment, capital expenditure requirements, debt profile and many other factors. Accordingly, our results of operations in each period accordingly reflect a combination of different effects in the different countries.

Effects of Economic Conditions

Our results of operations are affected by economic conditions in Mexico and in the other countries in which we operate. In periods of slow economic growth, demand for telecommunications services tends to be adversely affected.

Our results of operations are also affected by changes in currency exchange rates. Changes in the value of the various operating currencies of our subsidiaries against the U.S. dollar may result in exchange losses or gains on our net U.S. dollar-denominated indebtedness and accounts payable. In 2003, changes in currency exchange rates led us to report a foreign exchange gain of Ps. 1,355 million (an amount that is equal to 7.5% of our operating income), whereas in 2002 we reported a foreign exchange loss of Ps. 1,526 million.

In addition, currency fluctuations between the Mexican peso and the currencies of our non-Mexican subsidiaries affect our results of operations as reported in Mexican pesos. Our non-Mexican subsidiaries and affiliates accounted for approximately 39% of our 2003 operating revenues and 65% of our year-end 2003 assets, as compared to 29% and 58%, respectively, in 2002.

Trends in Operating Results

Besides acquisitions, the principal factors affecting our operating revenues and operating income relate to growth in subscribers and traffic. The markets we serve provide opportunities for continued growth, and as subscribers and traffic increase, we generally expect to report higher revenue and operating income (before depreciation and amortization) as a result of economies of scale. These effects can be partly or wholly offset, however, by the effects of competition on prices and on subscriber acquisition costs. The market and competitive conditions are independent in the different markets in which we operate, and they are sometimes subject to rapid change. As a result, it is difficult to predict overall trends in our operating performance.

At December 31, 2003, we had approximately 43.7 million wireless subscribers, as compared to 31.6 million at December 31, 2002. The 12.1 million, or 38.4%, increase in subscribers in 2003 includes 4.2 million subscribers resulting from acquisitions we consummated in that year.

Composition of Revenues

Most of our revenues (86.0% in 2003) come from the sale of airtime and other services. Of our service revenues, the largest portion is from usage charges, which include airtime charges for outgoing calls and interconnection charges billed to other service providers for calls completed on our network. The primary driver of usage charges is traffic, which, in turn, is driven by the number of customers and by their average usage. Postpaid customers generally have an allotment of airtime each month for which they are not required to pay usage charges. Service revenues also include (1) monthly subscription charges paid by postpaid customers, (2) long-distance charges and (3) charges for other services, such as roaming, call forwarding, call waiting, call blocking and short text messaging.

Revenues from sales of prepaid services are deferred and recognized as airtime is used or when it expires, and are included under usage charges. For postpaid service, monthly fees are billed in the month prior to service, and are deferred and recognized in the month that service is provided. Revenues from airtime used by postpaid subscribers above the amount covered by their monthly fees are recognized as airtime is used.

We also have sales revenues from selling handsets and other equipment. Most of our new subscribers purchase a handset, and although we also sell new handsets to existing customers, changes in sales revenues are driven primarily by the number of new customers. The pricing of handsets is not geared primarily to making a profit from handset sales, because it also takes account of the service revenues that are expected to result when the handset is used.

Consolidated Results of Operations

The discussion below includes the results of our transactions with affiliates, including Telmex. Affiliate transaction information is presented in Note 17 to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.

Operating Revenues

Operating revenues increased by 43.9% in 2003 and by 31.4% in 2002. The Ps. 26,198 million increase in revenues in 2003 principally reflects the following factors:

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organic growth in all of our geographic segments, particularly Mexico which reported an increase in revenues of Ps. 10,058 million (or 23.7%);

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the consolidation of the results of the five companies acquired during 2003, accounting for approximately 14.8% of the increase; and

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the full-year consolidation of the results of Telecom Americas and Comcel in 2003.

In 2002, our operating revenues increased by Ps. 14,285 million, or 31.4%, as compared to 2001. This increase was due primarily to an increase in revenues in Mexico (up by Ps. 6,947 million), and the consolidation of revenues from Colombia (Ps. 3,943 million) and Brazil (Ps. 3,377 million). Excluding Brazil and Colombia, which were consolidated for the first time in 2002, operating revenues would have increased by 15.7%.

The increase in operating revenues in 2003 also includes a Ps. 4,874 million, or 67.7%, increase in equipment revenues reflecting subscriber growth and the introduction of GSM services in some of our markets. Equipment revenues as a percentage of total revenues increased from 12% in 2002 to 14% in 2003.

Operating Costs and Expenses

Cost of services and equipment—Cost of services and equipment represented 43.6% of operating revenues in 2003 and 42.5% of operating revenues in 2002. Cost of services and equipment increased by 47.6% in 2003 and by 30.2% in 2002. This increase in 2003 reflects both growth in subscribers and acquisitions.

Cost of equipment was Ps. 19,223 million in 2003, and primarily represents the cost of handsets sold to subscribers. The 59.5% increase in 2003 compares favorably to the 67.7% increase in equipment revenues. Cost of equipment increased more slowly than our equipment revenues, primarily as a result of our efforts to centralize the purchase of handsets leading to lower equipment unit costs and a change in mix from TDMA to GSM equipment, which is generally less expensive than TDMA equipment. Cost of equipment increased by 43.2% in 2002 as compared to 2001.

Cost of services increased by 36.7% in 2003, to Ps. 18,251 million. This increase in cost of services was slower than the growth in service revenues, which increased by 40.6% in 2003. These costs have increased more slowly than our service revenues, as a result of increasing scale, cost control measures and higher usage of GSM services. Cost of services increased by 23.2% in 2002 as compared to 2001.

Commercial, administrative and general—Commercial, administrative and general expenses represented 19.3% of operating revenues in 2003 and 21.3% of operating revenues in 2002. On an absolute basis, commercial, administrative and general expenses increased by 30.6% in 2003 and 4.1% in 2002. This increase in 2003 reflects both growth in subscribers and acquisitions. These costs have increased more slowly than our revenues, as a result of increasing scale and cost control measures in each country in which we operate.

Depreciation and amortization—Depreciation and amortization represented 16.1% of operating revenues in 2003 and 14.5% of operating revenues in 2002. Depreciation and amortization increased by 61.3% in 2003 and by 74.9% in 2002. Apart from the consolidation of our recently acquired companies in 2003, the increases in depreciation and amortization in 2003 and 2002 reflect the substantial investments made in our networks, particularly in connection with the launch of GSM services in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Guatemala.

Operating Income

Operating income increased by 38.4% in 2003 and 94.5% in 2002, reflecting revenue growth and in 2002 improved operating margins. All of our subsidiaries, except for Telecom Americas, reported operating income in 2003.

Operating margin (operating income as a percentage of operating revenues) was 20.9% in 2003, 21.7% in 2002 and 14.7% in 2001. The significant increase in depreciation and amortization caused our operating margin to decrease slightly in 2003. The improvement in our operating margin in 2002 reflected greater efficiency due to the larger number of customers, cost-control measures and lower subscriber acquisition costs as a percentage of revenues.

Comprehensive Financing (Income) Cost

Under Mexican GAAP, comprehensive financing cost reflects interest income, interest expense, foreign exchange gain or loss, gain or loss attributable to the effects of inflation on monetary assets and liabilities, and other financing costs.

We had comprehensive financing income of Ps. 2,123 million in 2003 and comprehensive financing cost of Ps. 1,023 million in 2002 and Ps. 665 million in 2001. The change between 2003 and 2002 reflects a combination of factors—principally, a foreign exchange gain in 2003 as opposed to a foreign exchange loss in 2002 and a decline in other financing costs.

For 2003 and 2002, changes in the components of comprehensive financing cost were as follows:

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In 2003 and 2002, we had net interest expense of Ps. 1,393 million and Ps. 1,095 million, respectively. The increase was attributable primarily to the depreciation of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar during 2003, which caused the reported amount of our debt as reported in pesos to increase.

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We had a foreign exchange gain of Ps. 1,355 million in 2003, as compared to a loss of Ps. 1,526 million in 2002. The net exchange gain in 2003 was mainly due to the increase in value of the Brazilian real relative to the U.S. dollar. The net exchange loss recorded in 2002 was mainly due to the depreciation of the Mexican peso and the Brazilian real relative to the U.S. dollar.

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In 2003 and 2002, our average monetary liabilities exceeded our average monetary assets, resulting in a net gain from monetary position.

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We reported a net other financing cost of Ps. 189 million in 2003 and of Ps. 1,274 million in 2002. Net other financing costs include commissions, fair-value gains and losses on investments, and gains and losses on the sale of investments.

Income Tax and Employee Profit-Sharing

The statutory rate of Mexican corporate income tax was 34% in 2003 and 35% in 2002 and 2001. Our effective rates of provisions for corporate income tax as a percentage of pretax income were 51.2%, 26.3% and 17.2% for 2001, 2002, and 2003, respectively. In 2001, our effective tax rate exceeded the statutory rate because we had pre-tax losses in our non-Mexican operations that were not deductible against our Mexican taxable income. In 2002 and 2003, our non-Mexican operators reported improved results, and some of them enjoyed benefits from net loss carryforwards. The Mexican corporate income tax rate is scheduled to decrease to 33% in 2004 and 32% in 2005.

Telcel, like other Mexican companies, is required by law to pay to its employees, in addition to their agreed compensation and benefits, profit sharing in an aggregate amount equal to 10% of Telcel’s taxable income. The amount payable increased by 22.6% to Ps. 247.9 million in 2003 and decreased by 3.5% in 2002.

Equity in Results of Affiliates

Our proportionate share of the results of equity-method affiliates resulted in net losses of Ps. 130 million in 2003 and Ps. 4,170 million in 2002. The net losses in 2002 resulted primarily from an impairment of goodwill recognized by CompUSA and the losses incurred by Telecom Americas before we began to consolidate it in July 2002. In 2003, the net loss reflects principally our share of the net loss reported by CompUSA.

Other Income (Loss), Net

In 2003, we recorded other net loss of Ps. 1,045 million. This loss reflects primarily losses recorded in connection with a sale-leaseback transaction entered into by Telcel and losses recorded in connection with the exchange of our interest in CompUSA for an interest in U.S. Commercial Corp., S.A. de C.V. and cash. See “Related Party Transactions” under Item 7.

Majority Net Income

We had majority net income of Ps. 15,032 million in 2003 and Ps. 4,784 million in 2002, compared to a majority net loss of Ps. 910 million in 2001. The significant increase in majority net income in 2003 reflected increased revenues and operating income, as well as improved comprehensive financing income and equity in results of affiliates. The improvement in majority net income in 2002 reflected improvements in revenues and earnings from all our major subsidiaries.

Results of Operations by Geographic Segment

We discuss below the operating results of our subsidiaries that provide telecommunication services in our principal markets other than Argentina and El Salvador. We are not discussing operating results in Argentina and El Salvador because we did not have material operations in those countries in 2002. All amounts discussed below are presented in accordance with Mexican GAAP. Note 2(g) to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report describes how we translate the financial statements of our non-Mexican subsidiaries. We restate the financial statements of our foreign subsidiaries for inflationary effects using restatement factors of the relevant country and then convert foreign currency amounts into Mexican pesos, using, for items from the statement of operations, the exchange rate between the Mexican peso and the local currency at the end of the applicable year. Accordingly, changes in the rates of inflation in our markets and exchange rate changes between the Mexican peso and those currencies could significantly affect reported results in Mexican pesos and the comparability of reported results with those of prior years. Financial statements for 2001 and 2002 are restated at constant pesos as of December 31, 2003 based on the annual rate of inflation in Mexico.

The following table sets forth the exchange rate used to translate the results of our significant non-Mexican operations, as expressed in Mexican pesos per foreign currency unit, and the change from the rate used in the prior year.


	Mexican pesos per foreign currency unit
	2001	2002	% Change		2003	% Change
Guatemalan quetzal	1.1576	1.3498	16.6	%	1.3975	3.5	%
U.S. dollar(1)	9.1423	10.3125	12.80		11.2360	9.0
Brazilian real	3.9492	2.9161	(26.15	)	3.8890	33.36
Colombian peso	0.0041	0.0035	(10.33	)	0.0040	15.55

(1)

The U.S. dollar is the sole monetary instrument and unit of account and the main currency for transaction purposes in Ecuador.

Note 21 to our consolidated financial statements includes certain financial information of our operations by country. Except as discussed below, the following discussion is based on the segment data included in that note.

Mexico

Operating revenues increased by 23.7% in 2003 and by 19.6% in 2002. In 2003, the number of Telcel subscribers increased by 16.8%, to approximately 23.4 million, and there was an increase in total traffic of 38.5%. In 2002, the number of Telcel subscribers increased by 18.3%, to approximately 20.1 million, and total traffic increased by 29.0%. We have experienced declining rates of subscriber growth in recent years as penetration rates increase in Mexico. We expect this trend to continue in the future. Telcel’s average monthly revenues per subscriber increased by 10.7% in 2003 as a result of a decrease in the percentage of Telcel’s subscriber base represented by new subscribers and promotions that led to higher usage. New subscribers tend to have lower usage than existing customers.

Operating income increased by 44.0% in 2003 and by 24.9% in 2002. Our operating margin was 33.7% in 2003 and 29.0% in 2002. The increase in operating margin in 2003 reflects greater efficiency resulting from increasing scale and cost control measures, lower licensing fees and the reversal of a provision established in 2002 in connection with a Mexican tax applicable to certain telecommunication services.

Brazil

We began consolidating the results of Telecom Americas in July 2002, such that our consolidated financial statements do not reflect revenues or operating income from Brazil prior to that date (except for our equity in the net results of Telecom Americas). To measure the operating performance of Telecom Americas, we compare its operating revenues and operating income for continuing operations using its full-year 2002 and 2001 results. On that basis, Telecom Americas’ operating revenues from continuing operations increased by 55.3% in 2003 and by 44.7% in 2002. The 2003 results include BSE from May 2003 and BCP from December 2003. Approximately 50.0% of the increase in 2003 operating revenues resulted from the consolidation of BSE and BCP. In 2003, the number of Telecom Americas subscribers increased by 4.3 million subscribers, to approximately 9.5 million subscribers, and there was an increase in total traffic of 26.8%. Of the increase in subscribers in 2003, approximately 1.6 million resulted from organic growth and approximately 2.7 million from the acquisition of BCP and BSE. In 2002, the number of Telecom Americas subscribers increased by 19.9%, to approximately 5.2 million, and there was an increase in total traffic of 9%.

Telecom Americas reported an operating loss of Ps. 2,134 million in 2003, as compared to a Ps. 197 million operating loss in 2002. The increased operating loss in 2003 reflects expenses incurred in connection with the launch of a unified brand name “Claro,” the deployment of the new GSM network, the integration of BCP and BSE and the start-up of operations in the regions of Bahia-Sergipe and Paraná-Santa Catarina, as well as increased depreciation expenses.

Central America—Guatemala and Nicaragua

Operating revenues increased by 22.6% in 2003 and by 4.9% in 2002. In 2003, the number of wireless subscribers in Guatemala increased by 38.5%, to approximately 870,000, and the number of wireless subscribers in Nicaragua reached approximately 100,000. Telgua began providing wireless services in Nicaragua in December 2002. Traffic increased by 44.1% in 2003. In 2002, the number of wireless subscribers increased by 49.4%, to approximately 628,000, and there was an increase in total traffic of 5.1%. The number of Telgua’s fixed lines in Guatemala reached approximately 929,700 at December 31, 2003, a 15.7% increase from December 31, 2002.

Operating income increased by 36.5% in 2003 and decreased by 6.9% in 2002. Our operating margin was 30.1% in 2003 and 27.0% in 2002. During 2002, we reduced the long distance rates applicable to incoming and outgoing rates.

Colombia

We began consolidating Comcel in February 2002, such that our consolidated financial statements do not reflect revenues or operating income from Colombia prior to that date (except for our equity in the net results of Telecom Americas). To measure the operating performance of Comcel, we compare its operating revenues and operating income using its full-year 2002 and 2001 results. On that basis, Comcel’s operating revenues increased by 54.4% in 2003 and by 26.2% in 2002. In 2003, the number of Comcel subscribers increased by 30.2%, to approximately 3.7 million, and total traffic increased by 54.6%. The consolidation of Celcaribe accounted for approximately 25% of Comcel’s subscriber growth in 2003. In 2002, the number of Comcel subscribers increased by 49.7%, to approximately 2.8 million, and there was an increase in total traffic of 43.7%.

Operating income increased by 133.1% in 2003. Operating income was Ps. 592 million in 2003 and Ps. 254 million in 2002, as compared to an operating loss of Ps. 355 million in 2001. Our operating margin was 10.3% in 2003 and 6.7% in 2002.

Ecuador

Operating revenues increased by 108.9% in 2003 and by 52.6% in 2002. In 2003, the number of Conecel subscribers increased by 66.5%, to approximately 1.5 million, and there was an increase in total traffic of 35.0%. During 2003, we reached agreement with cetain operators on interconnection fees for calling party pay and recorded income with respect to fees for prior years and fees accrued after the agreement date. In 2002, the number of Conecel subscribers increased by 90.8%, to approximately 923,000, and total traffic increased by 67%.

Operating income was Ps. 548 million, as compared to losses of Ps. 110 million in 2002 and Ps. 547 million in 2001. Our operating margin was 20.2% in 2003.

United States

Operating revenues increased by 47.3% in 2003 and decreased by 10.7% in 2002. In 2003, the number of TracFone subscribers increased by 50%, to approximately 3.0 million, and total traffic increased by 60.4%. In 2002, the number of TracFone subscribers increased by 2.9%, to approximately 2.0 million, and total traffic increased by 11.6%. The decline in revenues in 2002 resulted in part from a change in TracFone’s revenue-deferment methodology, implemented in September 2002, meant to ensure that revenues more closely mirror the actual consumption levels of prepaid cards sold by TracFone.

In 2003, for the first time in its history, TracFone reported operating income, of Ps. 200.2 million. In addition to subscriber growth, the improvement reported in 2003 reflects certain discounts on airtime obtained by TracFone as a result of achieving certain operating targets. TracFone’s digital traffic continues to expand, and digital traffic is more profitable than analog traffic. Operating loss decreased by 177.9% in 2002.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Capital Requirements

Our capital requirements are primarily for the following purposes:

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We must make substantial capital expenditures to continue expanding and improving our networks in each country in which we operate. In 2003 and 2002, we invested approximately Ps. 13.7 billion and Ps. 11.3 billion in plant, property and equipment. We have budgeted capital expenditures for 2004 to be approximately U.S.$1.4 billion (Ps. 15.7 billion). See “Capital Expenditures” under Item 4.

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We pay dividends, and we also repurchase our own shares from time to time. We paid Ps. 794 million in dividends in 2003 and Ps. 618 million in 2002, and we are paying dividends quarterly in 2004. We also spent (including commissions and value-added taxes) Ps. 975 million repurchasing our own shares in the open market in 2003 and Ps. 2,192 million in 2002. Our shareholders have authorized additional repurchases, and whether we do so will depend on considerations including market price and our other capital requirements. We have made additional repurchases in 2004. In a shareholders’ meeting held on April 27, 2004, our shareholders resolved to pay a dividend of Ps. 0.12 per share and authorized a Ps. 10,000 million increase in our reserve for the repurchase of additional shares, thereby increasing our reserve to Ps. 25,000 million.

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During 2003, we spent approximately Ps. 18.2 billion in order to acquire new companies and increase our interest in some of our subsidiaries.

The following table summarizes certain contractual liabilities as of December 31, 2003. The table does not include accounts payable or pension liabilities:


	Payments Due by Period
	Total		Less than 1 year		1-3 years		4-5 years		After 5 years
	(millions of constant pesos as of December 31, 2003)
Contractual obligations as of December 31, 2003:
Equipment leases	Ps.	993	Ps.	37	Ps.	956		—		—
Real estate leases		6,820		752		2,360	Ps.	1,311	Ps.	2,397
Long-term debt		40,156		3,917		30,191		5,101		947
Short-term debt		8,164		8,164		—		—		—
Other (1)		4,050		1,547		2,503		—		—

Total	Ps.	60,183	Ps.	14,417	Ps.	36,010	Ps.	6,412	Ps.	3,344

(1)

See discussion below.

We have entered into agreements to purchase equipment for the rollout of GSM networks in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador. Total amounts payable under those contracts that are not reflected in our accounts payable or paid are approximately U.S.$325.5 million (Ps. 3,657 million). We recognize a liability in our financial statements under these agreements when we have tested and accepted the equipment. Our payment obligations under these agreements are contingent on the suppliers’ compliance with their terms. América Móvil guarantees amounts payable by our subsidiaries under these agreements. Other than the amounts described in the table above, we had no other outstanding material purchase commitments as of December 31, 2003. We enter into a number of supply, advertising and other contracts in the ordinary course of business, but we do not believe that any of those contracts are material to our liquidity.

We could have opportunities in the future to invest in other telecommunications companies outside Mexico, especially in Latin America, because we believe the telecommunications sector in Latin America will continue to undergo consolidation. We can give no assurance as to the extent, timing or cost of such investments. Some of the assets that we acquire may have substantial debt and may require significant funding for capital expenditures.

Working Capital

At December 31, 2003, we had a working capital deficit (excess of current liabilities over current assets) of Ps. 10,230 million, as compared to a working capital deficit of Ps. 4,643 million at December 31, 2002. This increase in 2003 principally reflected the extension of favorable payment terms obtained by us from equipment suppliers during 2003. We have substantial capital resources, including funds generated from operations and borrowing capacity, to meet our short-term obligations as they become due and payable.

Capital Resources

We generate substantial resources from our operations. On a consolidated basis, operating activities provided Ps. 29,038 million in 2003 and Ps. 19,408 million in 2002. All of our geographic segments (other than the United States in 2002 and Brazil in 2003) generated net resources from operations in 2003 and 2002.

In addition to funds generated from operations, we have used new borrowings to fund acquisitions and investments. We have relied on a combination of equipment financing, other borrowings from international banks, and borrowings in the Mexican capital markets. Many of the companies we acquired during 2002 had substantial indebtedness. During 2002 and 2003, we sought to reduce their indebtedness by incurring additional debt at our Mexican companies, which reduces our borrowing costs.

We were able to fund our capital requirements during 2003 principally through resources generated by our operations, and acquisitions made during 2003 did not significantly increase our indebtedness.

If we seek to raise funds by issuing capital stock, our bylaws require that we issue capital stock of each class in the same proportion. This would limit our ability to issue more L Shares, which are the most liquid class of our capital stock, unless we issue more AA Shares, which are an unlisted class of voting shares currently held only by América Telecom and SBCI.

Outstanding Indebtedness

At December 31, 2003, we had total consolidated indebtedness of Ps. 49,313 million, as compared to Ps. 48,036 million at December 31, 2002. Cash and cash equivalents amounted to Ps. 10,082 million at December 31, 2003 and Ps. 11,023 million at December 31, 2002. Approximately 76% of our indebtedness at December 31, 2003 was denominated in currencies other than Mexican pesos (approximately 67% in U.S. dollars and 9% in other currencies, principally in reais), and approximately 42% of our consolidated debt obligations (after taking into account interest swaps) bore interest at floating rates. The weighted average cost of all our third-party debt at December 31, 2003 (including interest, commissions and reimbursement of certain lenders for Mexican taxes withheld) was approximately 5.19%.

Our major categories of indebtedness are as follows:

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Equipment financing facilities with support from export development agencies. We have a number of equipment financing facilities, under which export development agencies provide support for financing to purchase exports from their respective countries. These facilities are generally medium- to long-term, with periodic amortization and interest at a spread over LIBOR. They are extended to us or to operating subsidiaries, usually with guarantees from one or more of América Móvil, Telcel or Sercotel. The aggregate amount outstanding under equipment financing facilities at December 31, 2003 was U.S.$795 million (Ps. 8,933 million).

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Other bank loans. At December 31, 2003, we had approximately U.S.$1.7 billion (Ps. 19.1 billion) outstanding under a number of dollar-denominated bank facilities bearing interest at LIBOR plus a spread. For certain of the facilities, the spread over LIBOR can vary if there is a deterioration in our financial condition. The facilities have similar terms as to covenants, and under all of the facilities América Móvil, Sercotel and Telcel are either borrowers or guarantors. For certain of these facilities, Telgua is also a guarantor. At December 31, 2003, we also had bank loans denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars, including pesos, in an aggregate amount of Ps. 3,409 million.

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Peso-denominated notes. At December 31, 2003, we had Ps. 11.25 billion in senior notes that had been sold in the Mexican capital markets. These senior notes were issued by us with a guarantee from Telcel.

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BNDES. ATL, Tess and Americel have outstanding syndicated loans provided with resources of the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social, or “BNDES”, the Brazilian federal development bank. These loans are principally denominated in reais, with a portion indexed to U.S. dollars. At December 31, 2003, the aggregate principal amount of these loans was approximately R$618 million plus the equivalent in reais of approximately U.S.$60 million in foreign currencies.

We are subject to financial and operating covenants under our loan agreements. They limit our ability to pledge our assets, to effect a merger or a sale of all or substantially all of our assets, and to permit restrictions on the ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends or make distributions to us. The most restrictive financial covenants require us to maintain a consolidated ratio of debt to EBITDA (as defined in the loan agreements) not greater than 3.5 to 1 and a consolidated ratio of EBITDA to interest expense not less than 2.5 to 1 (using terms defined in the loan agreements). Telcel is subject to financial covenants similar to those applicable to América

Móvil. A number of our financing instruments are subject to either acceleration or repurchase at the holder’s option if there is a change of control. In the event of a default under certain material provisions of some of our bank loans, we are prohibited from paying dividends to our shareholders.

At December 31, 2003, Telcel had, on an unconsolidated basis, unsecured and unsubordinated obligations under indebtedness and guarantees of parent company and subsidiary indebtedness of approximately Ps. 42,832 million (U.S.$3,812 million), excluding debt owed to us or our other subsidiaries. At such date, Sercotel, our wholly-owned subsidiary that holds directly or indirectly the shares of all our operating subsidiaries, had, on an unconsolidated basis, unsecured and unsubordinated obligations under indebtedness and guarantees of parent company and subsidiary indebtedness of approximately Ps. 28,896 million (U.S.$2,572 million). In addition, at December 31, 2003, our operating subsidiaries other than Telcel had indebtedness of Ps. 5,336 million (U.S.$474.9 million).

On March 9, 2004, we issued U.S.$500 million in principal amount of 4.125% senior notes due 2009 and U.S.$800 million in principal amount of 5.500% senior due 2014. In addition, on April 20, 2004, we issued U.S.$300 million in principal amount of floating rate notes due 2007, bearing interest at a rate equal to three-month Libor plus 0.625%. These notes are guaranteed by Telcel. The notes were sold in the United States to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A and outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S. The net proceeds from the sale of the notes, after initial purchasers’ fees, were approximately U.S.$1,590 million. As of the date of this annual report, we had paid approximately U.S.$1,446 million of debt, including approximately U.S.$1,310 million of U.S. dollar-denominated debt, using the net proceeds from the sale of the notes. We have agreed to use our reasonable best efforts to offer to the holders of notes the opportunity to exchange their notes for an equal principal amount of notes to be issued pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC. If we fail to satisfy our registration obligations by October 31, 2004 with respect to the fixed rate notes or December 31, 2004 with respect to the floating rate notes, the annual interest rate applicable to the notes will, until such obligations are satisfied, be increased by 0.50% per year.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have obligations to purchase additional shares of our subsidiaries Telecom Americas and CTI at the option of their minority shareholders. In the case of Telecom Americas, the minority shareholder has the right to sell half of its shares to us beginning in 2006 for U.S.$150 million plus interest. In the case of CTI, the minority shareholder has the right to sell all of its shares to us within a specified period after the completion of the restructuring of the indebtedness of CTI for U.S.$17.1 million.

In connection with an investment in a small Spanish company that was transferred to us in our spin-off from Telmex, we have agreed to indemnify Telmex for up to euro 13.7 million in respect of a guarantee given by Telmex to other interest holders in that company. In 2001, we wrote off the entire balance of our investment in that company.

Except for the obligations described above, as of December 31, 2003, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements that require disclosure under applicable SEC regulations.

U.S. GAAP Reconciliation

We had net income under U.S. GAAP of Ps. 14,899 million in 2003 and Ps. 6,037 million in 2002, as compared to a net loss of Ps. 670 million in 2001. Compared to Mexican GAAP, net income under U.S. GAAP was 0.88% lower in 2003 and 26.2% higher in 2002.

There are several differences between Mexican GAAP and U.S. GAAP that significantly affect our net income and stockholders’ equity. The most significant differences in their effect on 2003 net income related to the recording of deferred income taxes and the reversal of the amortization of goodwill reported under Mexican

GAAP. In 2002, for U.S. GAAP purposes, we adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, Business Combinations, and No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. As a result, for U.S. GAAP purposes we no longer amortize goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite useful lives. Another significant difference between U.S. and Mexican GAAP is how the carrying value of plant, property and equipment is restated to reflect effects of inflation. Under Mexican GAAP, we restate fixed assets of non-Mexican origin based on the rate of inflation in the country of origin and the prevailing exchange rate at the balance sheet date, while under U.S. GAAP we use the Mexican inflation rate. In 2002 and 2003, this resulted in lower net income under U.S. GAAP, because Mexican inflation exceeded the rate used to restate fixed assets of non-Mexican origin. Other differences that affected 2003 net income relate to accrued vacation pay, capitalized interest on assets under construction, deferred employee profit sharing, net gains (losses) on sales to affiliates and the presentation of minority interests. The differences in stockholders’ equity under Mexican GAAP and U.S. GAAP reflect principally these same matters. For a discussion of the principal differences between Mexican GAAP and U.S. GAAP, see Note 23 to our consolidated financial statements.

Use of Estimates in Certain Accounting Policies

In preparing our financial statements, we make estimates concerning a variety of matters. Some of these matters are highly uncertain, and our estimates involve judgments we make based on the information available to us. In the discussion below, we have identified several of these matters for which our financial presentation would be materially affected if either (1) we used different estimates that we could reasonably have used or (2) in the future we change our estimates in response to changes that are reasonably likely to occur.

The discussion addresses only those estimates that we consider most important based on the degree of uncertainty and the likelihood of a material impact if we used a different estimate. There are many other areas in which we use estimates about uncertain matters, but the reasonably likely effect of changed or different estimates is not material to our financial presentation.

Estimated useful lives of plant, property and equipment

We estimate the useful lives of particular classes of plant, property and equipment in order to determine the amount of depreciation expense to be recorded in each period. Depreciation expense is a significant element of our costs and expenses, amounting in 2003 to Ps. 9,727 million, or 14.3% of our operating costs and expenses. See Note 7 to our consolidated financial statements.

The estimates are based on our historical experience with similar assets, anticipated technological changes and other factors, taking into account the practices of other telecommunications companies. We review estimated useful lives each year to determine whether they should be changed, and at times, we have changed them for particular classes of assets. We may shorten the estimated useful life of an asset class in response to technological changes, changes in the market or other developments. This results in increased depreciation expense, and in some cases, it can result in our recognizing an impairment charge to reflect a write-down in value.

Impairment

We carry substantial balances on our balance sheet for plant, property and equipment and for goodwill that are based on historical costs net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. We are required to evaluate each year whether these assets are impaired, that is, whether their future capacity to generate cash does not justify maintaining them at their carrying values. If they are impaired, we are required to recognize a loss by writing off part of their value. The analysis we perform requires that we estimate the future cash flows attributable to these assets, and these estimates require us to make a variety of judgments about our future operations. Changes in these judgments could require us to recognize impairment losses in future periods. Our evaluations in 2003 and 2002 did not result in any significant impairment of our plant, property and equipment or consolidated goodwill.

Our equity-method affiliate CompUSA wrote-off goodwill by U.S.$410 million in 2002 upon adopting Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.

Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees

MANAGEMENT

Directors

Management of our business is vested in our Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has broad authority to manage our company. Actions requiring the approval of our board of directors include:

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a change of control of the company;

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transactions with related parties (as defined in the Mexican Securities Market Law);

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acquisitions or sales of assets equal in value to, or greater in value than, 10% of the value of the company’s assets;

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guarantees of amounts exceeding 30% of the value of the company’s assets; and

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any other transaction in an amount greater than 1% of the value of the company’s assets.

Our bylaws provide for the Board of Directors to consist of between five and 20 directors and allow for the appointment of an equal number of alternate directors. Directors need not be shareholders. A majority of our directors and a majority of the alternate directors must be Mexican citizens and elected by Mexican shareholders. A majority of the holders of the AA Shares and A Shares voting together elect a majority of the directors and alternate directors, provided that any holder or group of holders of at least 10% of the total AA Shares and A Shares is entitled to name one director. Two directors and two alternate directors, if any, are elected by a majority vote of the holders of L Shares. Each alternate director may attend meetings of the Board of Directors and vote in the absence of a corresponding director. Directors and alternate directors are elected or ratified at each annual ordinary general meeting of shareholders and each annual ordinary special meeting of holders of L Shares, and each serves until a successor is elected and takes office. Pursuant to our bylaws and Mexican law, at least 25% of our directors and 25% of our alternate directors must be independent, as defined under the Mexican Securities Market Law. In order to have a quorum for a meeting of the Board of Directors, a majority of those present must be Mexican nationals.

All of the current members of the Board of Directors and of the Executive, Audit and Compensation Committees were elected or ratified at a shareholders’ meeting held on April 27, 2004, with ten directors elected by the AA Shares and A Shares voting together and two directors elected by the L Shares. No alternate directors were appointed. América Telecom and SBC International have agreed to vote for the number of directors and alternate directors named by each of them in proportion to their respective share ownership.

Our bylaws provide that the members of the Board of Directors are appointed for terms of one year. Pursuant to Mexican law, members of the Board continue in their positions after the expiration of their terms if new members are not appointed. The names and positions of the current members of the Board, their year of birth, and information concerning their committee membership and principal business activities outside América Móvil are as follows:


Carlos Slim Helú	Born:	1940
Chairman and Member of the Executive Committee	First elected: Term expires:	2000 2005
	Principal occupation:	Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors of Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V.
	Other directorships and business experience:	Chairman of the Board of Directors of Telmex and Grupo Financiero Inbursa, S.A. de C.V.

Daniel Hajj Aboumrad	Born:	1966
Director and Member of the Executive Committee	First elected: Term expires:	2000 2005
	Principal occupation:	Chief Executive Officer of América Móvil
	Other directorships:	Director of Carso Global Telecom, América Telecom and Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V.
	Business experience:	Chief Executive Officer of Hulera Euzkadi, S.A. de C.V.

Jaime Chico Pardo	Born:	1950
Director	First elected:	2000
	Term expires:	2005
	Principal occupation:	Chief Executive Officer of Telmex
	Other directorships:	Vice-chairman of the Board of Directors of Telmex; Director of América Telecom, S.A. de C.V., Carso Global Telecom, S.A. de C.V., Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V. and Honeywell International
	Business experience:	Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Condumex, President of Corporación Industrial Llantera (Euzkadi General Tire de Mexico)

Alejandro Soberón Kuri	Born:	1960
Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee	First elected: Term expires:	2000 2005
	Principal occupation:	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Corporación Interamericana de Entretenimiento, S.A. de C.V.
	Other directorships:	Director of Telmex, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A. de C.V. and Corporación Interamericana de Entretenimiento, S.A. de C.V.



María Asunción Aramburuzabala Larregui	Born:	1963
Director and Member of the Audit Committee	First elected: Term expires:	2000 2005
	Principal occupation:	Chief Executive Officer of Tresalia Capital
	Other directorships:	Director of Grupo Modelo, S.A. de C.V., Grupo Televisa, S.A., Grupo Financiero Banamex-Accival, S.A. de C.V. and KIO Networks
	Business experience:	President of Tresalia Capital

Rafael Robles Miaja	Born:	1965
Director and Corporate Secretary	First elected:	2000
	Term expires:	2005
	Principal occupation:	Partner, Franck, Galicia y Robles, S.C.
	Other directorships:	Corporate Secretary of Carso Global Telecom, S.A. de C.V., Sears Roebuck de México, S.A. de C.V., América Telecom, S.A. de C.V. and Parras Cone de México, S.A. de C.V.

Jonathan P. Klug	Born:	1956
Director	First elected:	2003
	Term expires:	2005
	Principal occupation:	Vice-President Finance of SBC International Inc.
	Other directorships:	Director of Belgacan, S.A., Telkom SA Limited, ADSB Telecommunications B.V. and TDA A/S.

James W. Callaway	Born:	1946
Director and Member of the Executive Committee	First elected: Term expires:	2003 2005
	Principal occupation:	Group President of SBC Communications, Inc.
	Other directorships:	Director of Belgacan, S.A., TDC A/S and Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V.

Claudio X. González Laporte	Born:	1934
Director and Member of the Compensation Committee	First elected: Term expires:	2000 2005
	Principal occupation:	Chief Executive Officer of Kimberly Clark de México, S.A. de C.V.
	Other directorships:	Director of the Kimberly Clark Corporation, Kellogg Company, IBM Latin America and Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V.
	Business experience:	Various positions at the Kimberly Clark Corporation



David Ibarra Muñoz	Born:	1930
Director and Member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee	First elected: Term expires:	2000 2005
	Other directorships:	Director of Grupo Financiero Inbursa, S.A. de C.V.
	Business experience:	Chief Executive Officer of Nacional Financiera, served in the Mexican Ministry of Finance and Public Credit

Patrick Slim Domit	Born:	1969
Director	First elected:	2004
	Term expires:	2005
	Other directorships:	Director of Carso Global Telecom, S.A., América Telecom, S.A., U.S. Commercial Corp., S.A. de C.V. and Grupo Sanborns, S.A. de C.V.
	Business experience:	Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V.

Carlos Bremer Gutiérrez	Born:	1960
Director	First elected:	2004
	Term expires:	2005
	Other directorships:	Director of Grupo Financiero Value, S.A. de C.V.
	Business experience:	Chief Operating Officer of Abaco Casa de Bolsa, S.A. de C.V.

Daniel Hajj Aboumrad is the son-in-law of Carlos Slim Helú, and Patrick Slim Domit is the son of Carlos Slim Helú.

Executive Committee

Our bylaws provide that the Executive Committee may generally exercise the powers of the Board of Directors, with certain exceptions. In addition, the Board of Directors is required to consult the Executive Committee before deciding on certain matters set forth in the bylaws, and the Executive Committee must provide its views within ten calendar days following a request from the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the Chairman of the Board of Directors. If the Executive Committee is unable to make a recommendation within ten calendar days or if a majority of the Board of Directors or any other corporate body duly acting within its mandate determines in good faith that action cannot be deferred until the Executive Committee makes a recommendation, the Board of Directors is authorized to act without such recommendation. The Executive Committee may not delegate its powers to special delegates or attorneys-in-fact.

The Executive Committee is elected from among the directors and alternate directors by a majority vote of the holders of common shares (AA Shares and A Shares). The Executive Committee is currently comprised of three members. The majority of its members must be Mexican citizens and elected by Mexican shareholders. Our controlling shareholders have agreed that two of its members shall be named by Mexican controlling shareholders and one member by SBC International, Inc. See “Major Shareholders” under Item 7. The current members of the Executive Committee are Messrs. Carlos Slim Helú and Daniel Hajj Aboumrad, named by the Mexican controlling shareholders, and Mr. James W. Callaway, named by SBC International, Inc.

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee consists of Messrs. Alejandro Soberón Kuri, chairman, and David Ibarra Muñoz and Ms. María Asunción Aramburuzabala Larregui. The mandate of the Audit Committee is to establish and monitor procedures and controls in order to ensure that the financial information we distribute is useful, appropriate and reliable and accurately reflects our financial position. In particular, the Audit Committee is required to:

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assist the Board of Directors in selecting candidates for our auditors and reviewing the scope and terms of their engagement;

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assist the Executive Committee in monitoring the performance of our auditors and re-evaluating the terms of their engagement;

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recommend procedures for preparing financial statements and internal controls;

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monitor internal controls and accounting for specified types of matters;

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propose procedures for the preparation of financial statements for internal use that are consistent with the published financial statements;

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review with the auditors the annual financial statements and the accounting principles being applied in the annual and the interim financial statements;

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report to the Board of Directors on its activities;

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opine on transactions with related parties as defined in the Securities Market Law and propose consulting independent specialists to opine on such transactions; and

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perform any other functions the Board of Directors may delegate to the Audit Committee.

In addition, pursuant to our bylaws and Mexican law, the Audit Committee is required to submit an annual report to the Board of Directors and to our shareholders, and the Board must seek the opinion of the Audit Committee regarding any transaction with a related party that is outside the ordinary course of our business. Each member of the Audit Committee is independent, as independence is defined in the Mexican Securities Market Law.

Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee consists of Messrs. David Ibarra Muñoz and Claudio X. González Laporte. The mandate of the Compensation Committee is to assist the Board of Directors in evaluating and compensating our senior executives. In particular, the Compensation Committee is required to:

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recommend to the Board of Directors procedures for the selection and succession of our chief executive officer and our principal executives;

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propose criteria for evaluating executive performance;

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analyze the proposals of the chief executive officer concerning the structure and amount of compensation for our senior executive and raise them with the Board of Directors;

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review new executive compensation programs and the operations of existing programs;

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establish contracting practices to avoid excessive payments to executives;

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assist the Board of Directors in developing appropriate personnel policies;

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participate with the Board of Directors in developing a plan for employees to invest in our L Shares and review the implementation of such plan;

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report to the Board of Directors on its activities; and

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perform any other functions the Board of Directors may delegate to the Compensation Committee.

Senior Management

The names, responsibilities and prior business experience of our senior officers are as follows:


Daniel Hajj Aboumrad	Appointed:	2000
Chief Executive Officer	Business experience:	Director of Telmex’s Mexican subsidiaries, Chief Executive Officer of Companía Hulera Euzkadi, S.A. de C.V.

Carlos José García Moreno Elizondo	Appointed:	2001
Chief Financial Officer	Business experience:	General Director of Public Credit at Mexican Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, Managing Director of UBS Warburg, Associate Director of financing at Petróleos Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. (Pemex)

Carlos Cárdenas Blásquez	Appointed:	2000
Latin American Operations	Business experience:	Various positions at Telmex, including Operating Manager for the paging service Company Buscatel, S.A. de C.V. and Vice-President of operations for Telmex USA, Manager at Grupo Financiero Inbursa, S.A. de C.V.

José Elias Briones Capetillo	Appointed:	2001
Administration and Finance	Business experience:	Comptroller of Telcel

Alejandro Cantú Jiménez	Appointed:	2001
General Counsel	Business experience:	Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes, S.C.

Mr. Carlos Cárdenas Blásquez is the son-in-law of Jaime Chico Pardo, one of our directors.

Statutory Auditors

Under our bylaws, the holders of a majority of our outstanding common shares (AA Shares and A Shares) may elect one or more statutory auditors (comisarios) and corresponding alternate statutory auditors, who serve until a successor is elected. Statutory auditors are normally elected or ratified at the annual general shareholders’ meetings. The primary role of the statutory auditors is to report to the shareholders at the annual ordinary general meeting regarding the accuracy of the financial information presented to such holders by the Board of Directors. The statutory auditors are also authorized to:

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call ordinary or extraordinary general meetings;

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place items on the agenda for meetings of shareholders or the Board of Directors;

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attend meetings of shareholders, the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee; and

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generally monitor our affairs.

The statutory auditors also receive monthly reports from the Board of Directors regarding material aspects of our affairs, including our financial condition. The current statutory auditor and alternate statutory auditor are: Francisco Álvarez del Campo and Agustín Aguilar Laurents, respectively.

According to our bylaws and Mexican law, any holder or group of holders of at least 10% of our capital stock is entitled to name one statutory auditor. The appointment of statutory auditors elected as described above may only be revoked if the appointment of statutory auditors elected by the majority of the holders of our common shares is also revoked.

Compensation of Directors and Senior Management

The aggregate compensation paid to our directors and senior management in 2003 was approximately Ps. 2.1 million and Ps. 89 million, respectively. Provisions to provide pension, retirement or similar benefits for management totaled approximately Ps. 2.04 million.

During 2001, we established a stock option plan for our most senior executives. Our Compensation Committee and Board of Directors authorized the plan, reserving a total of 3,215,000 L Shares from our treasury. The subscription price for the 2001 plan is Ps. 1.00 per share. Participants under the plan may exercise 25% of the options during 2001, 25% during 2002, 25% during 2003, and the remaining 25% during 2004. Because the options do not expire if not exercised in a particular year, a participant could wait until the fourth anniversary of the plan to exercise 100% of the options granted by us. During 2002 and 2003, we established second and third plans, respectively, each of which functions under the same rules as the 2001 plan, except that the second plan has a one-year lag and the third plan has a two-year lag and a subscription price of Ps. 7.00 per share. In 2002, 2,939,000 additional L Shares, and in 2003 2,565,000 additional L Shares, were reserved from our treasury for such plans. As of December 31, 2003, a total of 3,355,750 L Shares have been acquired by our employees under our stock option plans.

Share Ownership

According to beneficial ownership reports filed with the SEC, Carlos Slim Helú, the chairman of our Board of Directors, and certain members of his immediate family, including his son and member of our Board of Directors, Patrick Slim Domit, together own a majority of the voting stock of América Telecom, S.A. de C.V., our controlling shareholder. See “Major Shareholders.” In addition, according to beneficial ownership reports filed with the SEC, as of June 14, 2004, Carlos Slim Helú held 40,000 of our A shares and 100,000 of our L Shares directly, and Patrick Slim Domit held 8,134 of our L Shares directly. To our knowledge, none of our other directors, alternate directors or executive officers is the beneficial owner of more than 1% of any class of our capital stock.

EMPLOYEES

The following table sets forth the number of employees and a breakdown of employees by main category of activity and geographic location as of the end of each year in the three-year period ended December 31, 2003:


	December 31,
	2001	2002	2003
Number of employees	14,786	17,553	24,860
Category of activity:
Wireless	11,942	14,949	20,165
Fixed	2,844	2,604	4,695

Geographic location:
Mexico	7,644	7,943	8,624
United States	646	466	356
Other Latin America	6,496	9,144	15,880

As of December 31, 2003, the Sindicato Progresista de Trabajadores de Comunicación y Transporte de la República Mexicana (Progressive Union of Communication and Transport Workers of the Mexican Republic) represented approximately 83% of the employees of Telcel. All management positions at Telcel are held by non-union employees. Salaries and certain benefits are renegotiated every year. In May 2004, Telcel and the union agreed to a 4.3% nominal increase in basic wages, retroactive to March 2004.

Under our labor agreements and Mexican labor law, we are obligated to pay seniority premiums to retiring employees and pension and death benefits to retired employees. Retirees will be entitled to receive pension increases whenever salary increases are granted to current employees.

Some of our foreign subsidiaries, including Telecom Americas, Telgua, CTE and CTI, also have active employee unions.

We believe that we have good current relations with our workforce.

Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS

The following table sets forth our capital structure as of April 30, 2004:


Class	Number of Shares (millions)	Percent of Capital		Percent of Voting Shares(*)
L Shares (no par value)	8,729	69.00	%	—
AA Shares (no par value)	3,647	28.83		93.00	%
A Shares (no par value)	274	2.17		7.00

Total	12,650	100.00	%	100.00	%

(*)

Except on limited matters for which L Shares have voting rights.

The AA Shares represented 93.00% of the full voting shares (AA Shares and A Shares) and 28.83% of the total capital stock of América Móvil as of April 30, 2004. The AA Shares are owned by América Telecom, S.A. de C.V., SBC International Inc. (a subsidiary of the U.S. telecommunications company SBC Communications, Inc.) and certain other Mexican investors. The following table sets forth their respective ownership amounts and percentages of AA Shares as of April 30, 2004.


Shareholder	AA Shares Owned (millions)	Percent of Class		Percent of Voting Shares(*)
América Telecom	2,529	69.34	%	64.49	%
SBC International	956	26.22		24.39
Other Mexican holders of AA shares	162	4.44		4.12

Total	3,647	100.00	%	93.00	%

(*)

Except on limited matters for which L Shares have voting rights.

América Telecom was established in November 2001 in a spin-off from Carso Global Telecom using a procedure under Mexican corporate law called escisión or “split-up.” According to reports of beneficial ownership of our shares filed with the SEC, Carlos Slim Helú and certain members of his immediate family, including his son and member of our Board of Directors, Patrick Slim Domit, together own a majority of the voting stock of América Telecom.

América Telecom and SBCI are parties to an agreement relating to their ownership of AA Shares. Among other things, the agreement subjects certain transfers of AA Shares by either party to a right of first offer in favor of the other party, although the right of first offer does not apply to the conversion of AA Shares to L Shares, as permitted by our bylaws, or the subsequent transfer of L Shares. The agreement also provides for the composition of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee and for each party to enter into a Management Services Agreement with us. See “Directors” and “Executive Committee” under Item 6 and “Related Party Transactions.”

The following table identifies each owner of more than 5% of any class of our shares as of April 30, 2004. Except as described below, we are not aware of any holder of more than 5% of any class of our shares.


	AA Shares			A Shares			L Shares			Percent of Voting Shares
Shareholder	Shares Owned (millions)	Percent of Class		Shares Owned (millions)	Percent of Class		Shares Owned (millions)	Percent of Class		Percent of Voting Shares
América Telecom(1)	2,529	69.3	%	48	17.5	%	2,192	25.11	%	65.71	%
SBC International	956	26.2		—	—		—	—		24.3
JPMorgan Chase & Co.(2)	—	—		—	—		690	7.9		—
Capital Group International, Inc.(3)	—	—		—	—		559	6.41		—

(1)

According to beneficial ownership reports filed with the SEC, América Telecom has the obligation to purchase approximately 1,132.5 million additional L Shares under forward share purchase transactions maturing between October 2005 and May 2009. As of June 14, 2004, according to beneficial ownership reports filed with the SEC, América Telecom was deemed a beneficial owner of 15.9% of our A Shares and 35.9% (including L Shares under the forward share purchase agreements described above) of our L Shares.

(2)

Beneficial ownership, as of March 31, 2004, as reported in a Schedule 13G, filed by JPMorgan Chase & Co.

(3)

Beneficial ownership, as of March 31, 2004, as reported in a Schedule 13G, filed by Capital Group International, Inc.

As of April 30, 2004, 76.70% of the outstanding L Shares were represented by L Share ADSs, each representing the right to receive 20 L Shares, and 99.99% of the L Share ADSs were held by 14,280 holders (including The Depositary Trust Company) with registered addresses in the United States. 25.68% of the A Shares were held in the form of A Share ADSs, each representing the right to receive 20 A Shares, and 99.99% of the A Share ADSs were held by 4,483 holders with registered addresses in the United States. Each A Share may be exchanged at the option of the holder for one L Share.

We may repurchase our shares on the Mexican Stock Exchange from time to time up to a specified maximum aggregate value authorized by the holders of AA Shares and A Shares and our Board of Directors. In March 2001, we were authorized by our shareholders to repurchase shares with an aggregate value of up to Ps. 5,000 million; in July 2001, we were authorized to repurchase an additional Ps. 5,000 million; in April 2003, we were authorized to repurchase an additional Ps. 5,000 million: and in April 2004, we were authorized to repurchase an additional Ps. 10,000 million, for a total aggregate value of Ps. 25,000 million. As of April 30, 2004, we had repurchased 1,322 million L Shares and 6 million A Shares, with an aggregate value of approximately Ps. 13,356 million.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Transactions with Telmex

We have, and expect to continue to have, a variety of contractual relationships with Telmex and its subsidiaries. These relationships include agreements arising out of the spin-off and certain transitional arrangements.

According to beneficial ownership reports filed with the SEC, Telmex is under common control with our controlling shareholder América Telecom.

Continuing Commercial Relationships

Because Telmex and Telcel provide telecommunications services in the same geographical markets, they have extensive operational relationships. These relationships include interconnection between their respective networks; use of facilities, particularly for the co-location of equipment on premises owned by Telmex; use by Telcel of Telmex’s private circuits; and use by each of the services provided by the other. These relationships are subject to a variety of different agreements. Many of them are also subject to specific regulations governing all telecommunications operators. The terms of these agreements are similar to those on which each company does business with other, unaffiliated parties.

These operational relationships between Telcel and Telmex are material to our financial performance. In 2003, 17% of our total revenues (Ps. 52,466 million) was attributable to interconnection with Telmex, primarily representing payments under the calling party pays system arising from fixed-to-mobile calls. We had Ps. 498 million in accounts receivable from Telmex and subsidiaries at December 31, 2003. Also in 2003, Ps. 3,902 million of our cost of sales was attributable to payments to Telmex, primarily representing interconnection payments for long-distance calls carried by Telmex and use of facilities under leases and colocation agreements with Telmex.

Telmex distributes Telcel handsets and prepaid cards on commercial terms similar to those given to other cellular distributors. See “Mexican Operations—Sales and Distribution” under Item 4.

Implementation of Spin-off

The creation of América Móvil and the transfer of assets and liabilities to us were effected by the action of an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting of Telmex held on September 25, 2000. Neither we nor Telmex made any promises to the other regarding the value of any of the assets we received in the spin-off. Under the shareholder resolutions adopted at the meeting, we are obligated to indemnify Telmex against any liability, expense, cost or contribution asserted against Telmex that arises out of the assets owned directly or indirectly by Sercotel, S.A. de C.V., the subsidiary whose shares were transferred to us in the spin-off.

We have entered into an agreement with Telmex to ensure that the purposes of the spin-off are fully achieved. Among other things, this agreement provides in general terms as follows:

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we agree to indemnify Telmex against any loss or expense resulting from the assertion against Telmex of any liabilities or claims that were transferred to us in the spin-off or that relate to the businesses transferred to us in the spin-off;

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Telmex agrees to indemnify us against any loss or expense resulting from the assertion against us of any liabilities or claims that were retained by Telmex in the spin-off or that relate to the businesses retained by Telmex in the spin-off;

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each party agrees to maintain the confidentiality of any information concerning the other that it obtained prior to the spin-off or that it obtains in connection with the implementation of the spin-off;

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each party agrees that it will not take any action that could reasonably be expected to prevent the spin-off from qualifying as tax-free under Mexican or U.S. federal tax laws;

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each party releases the other from certain claims arising prior to the spin-off—Telmex makes no representations concerning the assets transferred directly or indirectly in the spin-off.

Other Transactions

In April 2004, we sold our interests in Techtel and Telstar to Telmex for U.S.$75 million in the aggregate. See “Other Investments” under Item 4.

Transactions with Other Affiliates

In December 2003, as a result of a series of transactions, we exchanged our 49% interest in CompUSA, which we had acquired in March 2000, for a 29.9% interest in US Commercial Corp., S.A. de C.V. (whose controlling shareholder is an affiliate of América Telecom, our controlling shareholder) and approximately Ps. 180 million. We recorded a loss of Ps. 279 million on the transaction.

Certain affiliates of América Telecom purchased approximately U.S.$316 million in principal amount of the notes used to finance the acquisition of Tess by Telecom Américas in 2001. Telecom Americas made final payment of principal outstanding under the notes in March 2004.

Telcel purchases materials or services from a variety of companies that, according to beneficial ownership reports filed with the SEC, are under common control with our controlling shareholder América Telecom. These services include insurance and banking services provided by Grupo Financiero Inbursa and its subsidiaries. In addition, we sell products in Mexico through the Sanborns and Sears store chains. Telcel purchases these materials and services on terms no less favorable than it could obtain from unaffiliated parties, and would have access to other sources if our affiliates ceased to provide them on competitive terms.

We have agreements to receive consulting services from each of América Telecom and SBC. In 2003, we paid U.S.$10.0 million to América Telecom and U.S.$1.0 million to SBC in compensation for their respective services. Our audit committee has approved an increase to U.S.$15.0 million in the fees paid to América Telecom annually.

Item 8. Financial Information

See “Item 18—Financial Statements” and pages F-[·] through F-[·].

DIVIDENDS

We have paid cash dividends on our shares each year since 2001. The table below sets forth the nominal amount of dividends paid per share in each year indicated, in pesos and translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate on each of the respective payment dates.


Year ended December 31,	Pesos per Share		Dollars per Share
2003	Ps.	0.056	U.S.$	0.005
2002		0.043		0.004
2001		0.030		0.003

The declaration, amount and payment of dividends by América Móvil is determined by majority vote of the holders of AA Shares and A Shares, generally on the recommendation of the Board of Directors, and depends on our results of operations, financial condition, cash requirements, future prospects and other factors deemed relevant by the holders of AA Shares and A Shares. We declared a dividend in April 2002 of Ps.0.044 per share, payable in four equal installments of Ps.0.011 per share in June, September and December 2002 and March 2003. We declared a dividend in April 2003 of Ps.0.06 per share, payable in four installments of Ps.0.015 per share in June, September and December 2003 and March 2004. In an ordinary shareholders meeting held on April 27, 2004, our shareholders resolved to pay a dividend of Ps. 0.12 per share, payable in four installments of Ps. 0.03 per share, for each AA, A and L Share outstanding on the payment dates of June 24, 2004, September 23, 2004, December 23, 2004 and March 23, 2005.

Our bylaws provide that holders of AA Shares, A Shares and L Shares participate on a per-share basis in dividend payments and other distributions, subject to certain preferential dividend rights of holders of L Shares. See “Bylaws—Dividend Rights” and “Bylaws—Preferential Rights of L Shares” under Item 10.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

In each of the countries in which we conduct operations, we are party to various legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business. These proceedings include, without limitation, tax, labor, antitrust and contractual claims and claims regarding interconnection practices or agreements. Our concessions are generally subject to early termination for violations of certain service, quality and coverage standards and in the case of our fixed-line operations, of certain interconnection obligations. We are also party to a number of proceedings regarding our compliance with concession standards. As of the date of this annual report, we believe that none of these proceedings is likely to result in the revocation of any of our material concessions. Below is a summary of the most significant legal proceedings in which we are currently involved.

Telcel

In November 1995, a competitor of Telcel that provides cellular telephone services reported Telmex and Telcel to Cofeco, the Federal Competition Commission, for alleged monopolistic practices. In July 2001, Cofeco ruled that Telmex was responsible for the alleged monopolistic practices. The ruling did not find Telcel responsible for such practices.

Administrative proceedings were commenced in January and June 2001 by Cofeco against Telcel for alleged anti-competitive behavior in connection with actions by certain distributors of Telcel in 2001. In May 2002, Cofeco ruled against Telcel in connection with the proceeding begun in January. Telcel appealed this

ruling in June 2002. In September 2002, Cofeco ruled against this appeal. Telcel filed a lawsuit (demanda de nulidad) against this ruling in January 2003, the resolution of which is still pending. With respect to the administrative proceedings commenced in June 2001, Cofeco ruled against Telcel in December 2002, and Telcel appealed this ruling. In May 2003, Cofeco ruled against this appeal. In August 2003, Telcel filed a lawsuit (demanda de nulidad) against this ruling, the ruling of which is pending. If we are unsuccessful in challenging these proceedings, they may result in fines or specific regulations applicable to Telcel.

We have received requests for information from the Mexican Banking and Securities Commission (the Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores or the CNBV) and the SEC regarding Telcel’s entry into a capacity services agreement with Operadora Unefon in September 2003. To our knowledge, the investigation regards the alleged use by Operadora Unefon of the U.S.$267.7 million paid by Telcel to Operadora Unefon under the agreement and related public disclosures made by an affiliate of Operadora Unefon. We are cooperating with the authorities.

Under the terms of its concessions for the 800 megahertz spectrum, Telcel must pay a royalty on gross revenues from concessioned services. The royalty is levied at rates that vary from region to region but average approximately 8%. We believe that short message services are value-added services, which are not concessioned services, and that revenues from short message services should not be subject to this royalty. In related proceedings, Cofetel has ruled that short text messages are subject to the interconnection regulatory regime and that such services do not constitute value-added services. We are currently disputing these issues in an administrative proceeding, but have made provisions in our financial statements with respect to this potential liability.

Telgua

In June 2000, the executive branch of the Guatemalan government issued declarations concerning Empresa Guatemalteca de Telecomunicaciones (Guatel), a Guatemalan state agency that conducted the privatization of Telgua. The declarations stated that certain actions of Guatel relating to the privatization of Telgua were contrary to the interests of the Guatemalan State. In September 2000, the Guatemalan government commenced judicial proceedings against Guatel, Telgua and certain other parties involved in the privatization of Telgua seeking reversal of the privatization.

In October 2001, the Guatemalan State announced a governmental accord issued by the President of Guatemala and the Cabinet Ministers establishing the principal terms and conditions of a settlement agreement among the Guatemalan State, Telgua, Guatel and America Central Tel S.A. (ACT), and ordering the Attorney General of Guatemala to enter into such agreement in the name and on behalf of the Guatemalan State. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, which was executed on October 2001, Telgua agreed, among other things, to undertake a fixed, mobile, rural and Internet telephone development project within Guatemala, to be completed within a period of three years and to consist of an investment of at least 1,950 million quetzals (approximately U.S.$246 million), and to establish a total of 380,000 public, mobile and rural telephone lines. Pursuant to the settlement agreement, the Guatemalan State, ACT and Telgua agreed to abandon all litigation and related actions with respect to this matter. While the competent court held that as a procedural matter the attorney for the Guatemalan State could not withdraw the State’s claims, it recognized the settlement agreement and ordered the files closed. During 2002, certain former government officials presented claims to the Guatemalan courts challenging the validity of the October 2001 settlement agreement on the grounds that they should have been included as parties. These actions are pending.

In addition, judicial proceedings were commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in March 2001 by International Telecom, Inc. (ITI) against Generadora Eléctrica de Oriente, S.A. (GEDO), Antonio Jorge Álvarez and Telgua, alleging breach of contract, tortious interference with contract and fraud in connection with an international telecommunications service agreement. In March 2002, the court granted Telgua’s motion to dismiss the case against it for lack of personal jurisdiction, holding that Telgua

had insufficient contacts with New York to subject it to jurisdiction in that forum. After a final judgment is issued, ITI, GEDO or Mr. Álvarez may appeal the decision dismissing Telgua from the litigation to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Comcel

The Colombian tax authorities have demanded that Comcel and Occel pay additional value-added taxes arising from cellular activation fees in 1995 and 1996. Comcel and Occel have challenged these claims before the corresponding administrative authorities. The administrative authorities have reviewed several of the bi-monthly tax periods in question and have decided all of them in favor of Comcel and Occel. The amount claimed by the tax authorities (including fines and interest) relating to the tax periods for which challenges were still pending as of December 31, 2003 totaled approximately Colombian Ps. 19.6 billion for Comcel and Colombian Ps. 2.7 billion for Occel (approximately Ps. 79.2 million and Ps. 10.9 million, respectively). In the opinion of its management, Comcel and Occel have appropriately filed and paid the value-added tax for all of the periods in question and has made no provisions in its financial statements as of December 31, 2003 against these proceedings.

In March 2000, the Colombian Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio (SIC) issued Resolution No. 4954, requiring Comcel to pay a fine of Colombian Ps. 234 million for alleged anti-competitive behavior. In addition to this administrative fine, the SIC ordered Comcel to pay damages to other long distance operators. The long distance operators estimated their damages to be U.S.$70 million. Comcel requested an administrative review of the damages decision, which was denied in June 2000. Comcel appealed, and the appeal was rejected in November 2000. Comcel resubmitted the appeal in February 2001.

Comcel also filed a special action in court challenging the denial of the administrative review. Following a series of court proceedings, a Colombian appeals court in June 2002 ordered that Comcel’s February 2001 appeal be granted and that the administrative decision against Comcel be reviewed. After additional proceedings, the Consejo Superior de la Judicatura ratified this decision. However, in 2003, an appeals court decided to revoke the decision of the Consejo Superior de la Judicatura, and the Tribunal Superior de Bogotá currently is reverting the procedure back to the SIC in order to continue the damages claim.

Telecom Americas

ANATEL has challenged each of Tess and ATL regarding the calculation of inflation-related adjustments due under these companies’ concession agreements with ANATEL. Forty percent of the concession price under each of these agreements was due upon execution and 60% was due in three equal annual installments (subject to inflation-related adjustments and interest) beginning in 1999. Both companies have made these concession payments, but ANATEL has rejected the companies’ calculation of the inflation-related adjustments and requested payment of the alleged deficiencies. The companies have filed declaratory and consignment actions in Brazilian courts seeking resolution of the disputes. The court of first instance ruled against ATL’s filing for declaratory action in October 2001 and ATL’s filing for consignment action in September 2002. Subsequently, ATL filed appeals, which are pending. In September 2003, the court of first instance ruled against Tess’ filing for consignment action. Subsequently, Tess filed an appeal, which is still pending. No ruling has been made to date in respect of the declaratory action filed by Tess. The aggregate contested amounts were approximately Reais 422 million (including potential penalties and interest) (U.S.$146 million) at December 31, 2003. We have made provisions in our financial statements for these potential liabilities.

Prior to our acquisition of Telet and Americel, BNDESPar, a subsidiary of BNDES, the Brazilian development bank, had entered into investment and other shareholder agreements with Americel, Telet and certain of their significant shareholders. Under these agreements, BNDESPar had the right, among others, to participate in the sale of shares of Telet and Americel in the event of certain transfers of control, for so long as BNDESPar held 5% of the share of capital in those companies. In October 2003, we increased the capital of each

of Telet and Americel and BNDESPar’s ownership fell below 5% from approximately 20% in each as it elected not to exercise its preemptive rights. Subsequently, BNDESPar sent official notices to Telet and Americel reserving its rights under the agreements in respect of certain past transfers of shares. More recently, in May 2004, Telecom Americas was served with an official notice from BNDESPar, whereby BNDESPar demanded that Telecom Americas purchase the shares of Americel and Telet that are held by BNDESPar based on a price used for transactions occurring in June 2001, which according to the notice would amount to approximately U.S.160 million. To our knowledge, BNDESPar has not commenced judicial action against us or any of our subsidiaries. We do not believe that BNDESPar has a valid claim against us or our subsidiaries under the agreements, and we do not intend to voluntarily purchase those shares at that price.

In Brazil, our operating subsidiaries are subject to certain significant legal proceedings affecting the wireless telecommunications industry in general regarding property rights over caller id technology and the application of certain gross revenue taxes. We believe that the likelihood of these claims being resolved against our interest is remote. However, any such adverse resolution may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. We have made no provisions in our financial statements with respect to these proceedings.

CompUSA

In January 2000, a lawsuit was filed in Texas against CompUSA on behalf of COC Services, Ltd. (“COC”) alleging, among other things, breach of contract, tortious interference and conspiracy in connection with a letter of intent for the franchising of retail stores in Mexico. The lawsuit also named as defendants James Halpin, CompUSA’s former chief executive officer, Mr. Carlos Slim Helú, our chairman, and certain other persons. The jury trial concluded in February 2001 with a jury verdict against CompUSA in the amount of U.S.$90 million in actual damages. The verdict also awarded punitive damages in the amount of U.S.$94.5 million against CompUSA and U.S.$175.5 million against Mr. Halpin. Damages were also awarded against the remaining defendants.

In March 2001, CompUSA and the other defendants filed a motion with the trial court for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. In May 2001, the trial court granted the motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, vacating the award against CompUSA and Mr. Halpin and reducing significantly the amount of damages. COC has appealed the judgment, and the Court of Appeals heard arguments in April 2003. The case has been briefed and argued and awaits the decision of the Court of Appeals. Despite the significant reduction in damages, Mr. Slim Helú and the other defendants have appealed seeking discharge from all claims.

Item 9. The Offer and Listing

TRADING MARKETS

Our shares and ADSs are listed or quoted on the following markets:


L Shares		Mexican Stock Exchange—Mexico City Mercado de Valores Latinoamericanos en Euros (LATIBEX)—Madrid, Spain

L Share ADSs		New York Stock Exchange—New York Frankfurt Stock Exchange—Frankfurt

A Shares		Mexican Stock Exchange—Mexico City

A Share ADSs		NASDAQ National Market—New York

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the reported high and low sales prices for the L Shares on the Mexican Stock Exchange and the reported high and low sales prices for the L Share ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange. Prices have not been restated in constant currency units.


	Mexican Stock Exchange				New York Stock Exchange
	High		Low		High		Low
	(pesos per L Share)				(U.S. dollars per L Share ADS)
Annual highs and lows
2001	Ps.	11.26	Ps.	5.83	U.S.$	23.20	U.S.$	12.29
2002		9.23		5.72		20.39		11.54
2003		15.46		6.99		27.34		12.50

Quarterly highs and lows
2002:
First quarter	Ps.	9.23	Ps.	8.17	U.S.$	20.39	U.S.$	17.00
Second quarter		9.11		5.96		19.79		11.89
Third quarter		7.11		5.72		14.52		11.54
Fourth quarter		7.73		6.06		15.35		11.88
2003:
First quarter	Ps.	8.12	Ps.	6.99	U.S.$	15.62	U.S.$	12.50
Second quarter		9.84		7.29		18.80		13.61
Third quarter		12.99		9.99		23.68		19.16
Fourth quarter		15.46		12.40		27.34		22.20

Monthly highs and lows
2003:
January	Ps.	8.12	Ps.	7.53	U.S.$	15.62	U.S.$	13.88
February		7.78		6.99		14.30		12.50
March		7.76		7.27		14.07		13.31
April		8.73		7.29		16.89		13.61
May		9.45		8.67		18.26		16.74
June		9.84		9.37		18.80		17.60
July		11.89		9.99		22.74		19.16
August		12.79		11.29		23.08		20.78
September		12.99		12.64		23.68		23.00
October		13.17		12.40		23.80		22.20
November		14.81		13.69		26.12		24.59
December		15.46		14.55		27.34		25.84
2004:
January	Ps.	18.23	Ps.	15.72	U.S.$	33.48	U.S.$	28.32
February		20.09		17.85		26.89		31.95
March		21.85		19.43		39.08		34.99
April		22.28		19.30		39.73		33.80
May		20.66		18.29		36.37		31.35

The table below sets forth, for the periods indicated, the reported high and low sales prices for the A Shares on the Mexican Stock Exchange and the high and low bid prices for A Share ADSs published by NASDAQ. Bid prices published by NASDAQ for the A Share ADSs are inter-dealer quotations and may not reflect actual transactions. Prices have not been restated in constant currency units.


	Mexican Stock Exchange				NASDAQ
	High		Low		High		Low
	(pesos per A Share)				(U.S. dollars per A Share ADS)
Annual highs and lows
2001	Ps.	11.23	Ps.	5.80	U.S.$	23.00	U.S.$	11.70
2002		9.20		5.60		20.20		11.60
2003		15.35		6.94		27.05		12.57

Quarterly highs and lows
2002:
First quarter	Ps.	9.20	Ps.	8.12	U.S.$	20.20	U.S.$	17.00
Second quarter		9.10		5.90		19.35		12.10
Third quarter		7.15		5.60		14.59		11.60
Fourth quarter		7.75		6.15		15.60		11.75
2003:
First quarter	Ps.	8.02	Ps.	6.94	U.S.$	15.50	U.S.$	12.57
Second quarter		9.80		7.20		19.10		13.50
Third quarter		12.92		9.90		23.44		18.83
Fourth quarter		15.35		12.72		27.05		22.00

Monthly highs and lows
2003:
January	Ps.	8.02	Ps.	7.45	U.S.$	15.50	U.S.$	13.50
February		7.75		6.94		14.04		12.57
March		7.70		7.31		14.60		13.05
April		8.70		7.20		16.91		13.50
May		9.40		8.70		18.20		16.50
June		9.80		9.26		19.10		17.45
July		11.83		9.90		22.50		18.83
August		12.56		11.15		22.99		20.76
September		12.92		12.61		23.44		22.26
October		13.20		12.72		23.65		22.00
November		14.60		13.60		26.50		23.82
December		15.35		14.50		27.05		24.50
2004:
January	Ps.	18.60	Ps.	15.45	U.S.$	34.50	U.S.$	28.00
February		20.03		17.80		37.00		31.26
March		21.75		19.20		40.00		34.92
April		22.20		19.80		39.75		33.91
May		20.60		19.00		35.95		31.02

TRADING ON THE MEXICAN STOCK EXCHANGE

The Mexican Stock Exchange (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A. de C. V.), located in Mexico City, is the only stock exchange in Mexico. Founded in 1907, it is organized as a corporation and operates under a concession from the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit. Its shares are held by 30 brokerage firms, which are exclusively authorized to trade on the Exchange. Trading on the Mexican Stock Exchange takes place principally through automated systems between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Mexico City time, each business day. The Mexican Stock Exchange operates a system of automatic suspension of trading in shares of a particular issuer as a means of controlling excessive price volatility, but under current regulations this system does not apply to securities such as the A Shares or the L Shares that are directly or indirectly (for example, through ADSs) quoted on a stock exchange (including for these purposes NASDAQ) outside Mexico.

Settlement is effected two business days after a share transaction on the Mexican Stock Exchange. Deferred settlement, even by mutual agreement, is not permitted without the approval of the Mexican National Securities Commission (CNBV). Most securities traded on the Mexican Stock Exchange, including those of América Móvil, are on deposit with Institución para el Depósito de Valores, S.A. de C.V. (Indeval), a privately owned securities depositary that acts as a clearinghouse for Mexican Stock Exchange transactions.

Item 10. Additional Information

BYLAWS

Set forth below is a brief summary of certain significant provisions of our bylaws and Mexican law. This description does not purport to be complete and is qualified by reference to our bylaws, which have been filed as an exhibit to this annual report. For a description of the provisions of our bylaws relating to our Board of Directors, Executive and Audit Committees and statutory auditors, see “Item 6—Directors, Senior Management and Employees.”

We amended our bylaws in July 2001 in order to comply with the amendments to the Securities Market Law and the National Banking and Securities Commission Law published on June 1, 2001 in the Diario Oficial (Official Gazette), which are designed, among other things, to protect the rights of minority shareholders.

On March 19, 2003, the CNBV published new general rules, the New Rules, for Mexican issuers, which codify the principal rules applicable to issuers and public offerings. The New Rules increased the obligations and responsibilities of the Audit Committee by requiring the committee’s opinion to delist or cancel the registration of the shares of a company and to authorize any changes to the accounting policies and practices, among other important provisions.

Pursuant to the New Rules, we amended certain articles of our bylaws on December 8, 2003 principally to comply with the new requirements for the delisting and cancellation of the registration of our shares.

Organization and Register

América Móvil is a sociedad anónima de capital variable organized in Mexico under the Mexican General Corporations Law (Ley General de Sociedades Mercantiles). It was registered in the Public Registry of Commerce of Mexico City on October 13, 2000 under the number 263770.

Share Capital

Our capital stock comprises Series AA Shares, without par value, Series A Shares, without par value and Series L Shares, without par value. All of the outstanding shares are fully paid and non-assessable.

AA Shares and A Shares have full voting rights. Holders of L Shares may vote only in limited circumstances as described under—Voting Rights. The rights of holders of all series of capital stock are otherwise identical except for limitations on non-Mexican ownership of AA Shares. The AA Shares, which must always represent at least 51% of the combined AA Shares and A Shares, may be owned only by holders that qualify as Mexican investors as defined in the Foreign Investment Law and our bylaws. See—Limitations on Share Ownership.

Each AA Share or A Share may be exchanged at the option of the holder for one L Share, provided that the AA Shares may never represent less than 20% of our outstanding capital stock or less than 51% of our combined AA Shares and A Shares. The AA Shares represented 93.00% of the full voting shares (AA Shares and A Shares) and 30.99% of the total capital stock of América Móvil as of April 30, 2004.

Voting Rights

Each AA Share and A Share entitles the holder thereof to one vote at any meeting of our shareholders. Each L Share entitles the holder to one vote at any meeting at which holders of L Shares are entitled to vote. Holders of L Shares are entitled to vote only to elect two members of the Board of Directors and the corresponding alternate directors and on the following matters:

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the transformation of América Móvil from one type of company to another,

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any merger of América Móvil,

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the extension of our corporate life,

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our voluntary dissolution,

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a change in our corporate purpose,

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a change in our state of incorporation,

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removal of our shares from listing on the Mexican Stock Exchange or any foreign stock exchange, and

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any action that would prejudice the rights of holders of L Shares.

A resolution on any of the specified matters requires the affirmative vote of both a majority of all outstanding shares and a majority of the AA Shares and the A Shares voting together.

Under Mexican law, holders of shares of any series are also entitled to vote as a class on any action that would prejudice the rights of holders of shares of such series, and a holder of shares of such series would be entitled to judicial relief against any such action taken without such a vote. The determination whether an action requires a class vote on these grounds would initially be made by the Board of Directors or other party calling for shareholder action. A negative determination would be subject to judicial challenge by an affected shareholder, and the necessity for a class vote would ultimately be determined by a court. There are no other procedures for determining whether a proposed shareholder action requires a class vote, and Mexican law does not provide extensive guidance on the criteria to be applied in making such a determination.

Shareholders’ Meetings

General shareholders’ meetings may be ordinary meetings or extraordinary meetings. Extraordinary general meetings are those called to consider certain matters specified in Article 182 of the Mexican General Corporations Law, including, principally, amendments of the bylaws, liquidation, merger and transformation from one type of company to another, as well as to consider the removal of our shares from listing on the Mexican Stock Exchange or any foreign stock exchange. General meetings called to consider all other matters are ordinary meetings. The two directors elected by the holders of L Shares are elected at a special meeting of holders of L Shares. All other matters on which holders of L Shares are entitled to vote would be considered at an extraordinary general meeting. Holders of L Shares are not entitled to attend or address meetings of shareholders at which they are not entitled to vote.

A special meeting of the holders of L Shares must be held each year for the election or ratification of directors and statutory auditors. An ordinary general meeting of the holders of AA Shares and A Shares must be held each year to consider the approval of the financial statements for the preceding fiscal year, to elect or ratify directors and statutory auditors and to determine the allocation of the profits of the preceding year.

The quorum for an ordinary general meeting of the AA Shares and A Shares is 50% of such shares, and action may be taken by a majority of the shares present. If a quorum is not available, a second meeting may be called at which action may be taken by a majority of the AA Shares and A Shares present, regardless of the number of such shares. Special meetings of holders of L Shares are governed by the same rules applicable to ordinary general meetings of holders of AA Shares and A Shares. The quorum for an extraordinary general meeting at which holders of L Shares may not vote is 75% of the AA shares and A Shares, and the quorum for an extraordinary general meeting at which holders of L Shares are entitled to vote is 75% of the outstanding capital stock. If a quorum is not available in either case, a second meeting may be called and action may be taken, provided a majority of the shares entitled to vote is present. Whether on first or second call, actions at an extraordinary general meeting may be taken by a majority vote of the AA Shares and A Shares outstanding and, on matters which holders of L Shares are entitled to vote, a majority vote of all the capital stock.

Holders of 20% of our outstanding capital stock may have any shareholder action set aside by filing a complaint with a court of law within 15 days after the close of the meeting at which such action was taken and showing that the challenged action violates Mexican law or our bylaws. In addition, any holder of our capital stock may bring an action at any time within five years challenging any shareholder action. Relief under these provisions is only available to holders:

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who were entitled to vote on, or whose rights as shareholders were adversely affected by, the challenged shareholder action, and

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whose shares were not represented when the action was taken or, if represented, were voted against it.

Shareholders’ meetings may be called by the Board of Directors, its chairman, its secretary, the statutory auditors or a court. The Board of Directors or the statutory auditors may be required to call a meeting of shareholders by the holders or 10% of the outstanding capital stock. Notice of meetings must be published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación (Official Gazette of the Federation) or a newspaper of general circulation in Mexico City at least 15 days prior to the meeting. In order to attend a meeting, shareholders must deposit their shares at the office of our corporate secretary with a Mexican or foreign banking institution or with a Mexican exchange broker. If so entitled to attend the meeting, a shareholder may be represented by proxy. The depositary for the L Share ADSs and the A Share ADSs does not satisfy this requirement, so ADS holders are not entitled to attend shareholder meetings. However, ADS holders may still vote through the depositary.

Dividend Rights

At the annual ordinary general meeting of holders of AA Shares and A Shares, the Board of Directors submits our financial statements for the previous fiscal year, together with a report thereon by the Board, to the holders of AA Shares and A Shares for approval. The holders of AA Shares and A Shares, once they have approved the financial statements, determine the allocation of our net profits for the preceding year. They are required by law to allocate 5% of such net profits to a legal reserve, which is not thereafter available for distribution except as a stock dividend, until the amount of the legal reserve equals 20% of our capital stock. The remainder of net profits is available for distribution.

All shares outstanding at the time a dividend or other distribution is declared are entitled to participate in such dividend or other distribution, subject to certain preferential rights of the L Shares. See “—Preferential Rights of L Shares.”

Preferential Rights of L Shares

Holders of L Shares are entitled to receive a cumulative preferred annual dividend of 0.00125 pesos per share before any dividends are payable in respect of any other class of América Móvil capital stock. If we pay dividends with respect to any fiscal year in addition to the L Share preferred dividend, such dividends must be allocated:

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first, to the payment of dividends with respect to the A Share and AA Shares, in an equal amount per share, up to the amount of the L Share preferred dividend, and

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second, to the payment of dividends with respect to all classes of América Móvil shares such that the dividend per share is equal.

Upon liquidation of América Móvil, holders of L Shares will be entitled to a liquidation preference equal to:

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accrued but unpaid L Share preferred dividends, plus

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0.025 pesos per share (representing the capital attributable to such shares as set forth in our bylaws) before any distribution is made in respect of our other capital stock in accordance with Article 113 of the Mexican General Corporations Law.

Following payment in full of any such amount, holders of AA Shares and A Shares are entitled to receive, if available, an amount per share equal to the liquidation preference paid per L Share. Following payment in full of the foregoing amounts, all shareholders share equally, on a per share basis, in any remaining amounts payable in respect of our capital stock.

Limitation on Capital Increases

Our bylaws require that any capital increase be represented by new shares of each series in proportion to the number of shares of each series outstanding.

Preemptive Rights

In the event of a capital increase, a holder of existing shares of a given series has a preferential right to subscribe for a sufficient number of shares of the same series to maintain the holder’s existing proportionate holdings of shares of that series. Preemptive rights must be exercised within the next 15 calendar days following the publication of notice of the capital increase in the Diario Oficial de la Federación (Official Gazette of the Federation) and a newspaper of general circulation in Mexico City. Under Mexican law, preemptive rights cannot be traded separately from the corresponding shares that give rise to such rights. As a result, there is no trading market for the rights in connection with a capital increase. Holders of ADSs may exercise preemptive rights only through the depositary. We are not required to take steps that may be necessary to make this possible. See “Description of American Depositary Shares—Share Dividends and Other Distributions” under Item 12.

Limitations on Share Ownership

Our bylaws provide that at least 20% of our capital stock must consist of AA Shares. Our bylaws also provide that A Shares and L Shares together cannot represent more than 80% of our capital stock.

AA shares can only be held or acquired by:

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Mexican citizens,

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Mexican corporations whose capital stock is held completely by Mexican citizens and whose articles of incorporation contain a foreigner exclusion clause,

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Mexican corporations whose articles of incorporation provide that at least 51% of their capital stock may only be held or acquired by (i) Mexican citizens, (ii) Mexican corporations whose articles of incorporation contain a foreigner exclusion clause or (iii) Mexican corporations that allow minority foreign participation,

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Mexican credit and insurance companies,

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Mexican investment companies operating under the Investment Companies Law and Mexican institutional investors as defined in the Mexican Securities Market Law, and

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Trusts expressly permitted to acquire AA Shares in accordance with Mexican law and in which (i) the majority of the trustee’s rights are held by Mexican citizens, corporations whose capital stock is completely held by Mexican citizens, and Mexican credit, insurance and investment companies or (ii) the AA Shares controlled by the trust represent a minority of the outstanding AA Shares and are voted in the same manner as the majority of the outstanding AA Shares.

If foreign governments or states acquire our AA Shares, such shares would immediately be rendered without effect or value.

Non-Mexican investors cannot hold AA Shares except through trusts that effectively neutralize their votes. SBCI, one of our shareholders, holds its AA Shares through a trust that has been approved by relevant authorities in Mexico for this purpose.

Restrictions on Certain Transactions

Our bylaws provide that any transfer of more than 10% of the combined A Shares and AA Shares, effected in one or more transactions by any person or group of persons acting in concert, requires prior approval by our Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors denies such approval, however, Mexican law and our bylaws require it to designate an alternate transferee, who must pay market price for the shares as quoted on the Mexican Stock Exchange.

Restrictions on Deregistration in Mexico

Our shares are registered with the National Registry for Securities, as required under the Securities Market Law and regulations issued by the CNBV.

If we wish to cancel our registration, or if it is cancelled by the CNBV, the stockholders having the majority of the ordinary shares or that may, on any basis, impose decisions at shareholders’ meetings, or appoint the majority of the Board of Directors of the Company at that time will be required to make a public offer to purchase all outstanding shares prior to such cancellation.

Unless the CNBV authorizes otherwise, the offer price will be the higher of: (i) the average of the closing price during the previous 30 days on which the shares may have been quoted, or (ii) the book value of the shares in accordance with the most recent quarterly report submitted to the CNBV and to the Mexican Stock Exchange.

In order to comply with the Rules, at the extraordinary shareholders meeting held in December 8, 2003, we amended certain articles of our bylaws. Some of the amendments were made to comply with certain new requirements for the delisting and cancellation of the registration of the shares of the company. As a result, our bylaws now provide that if, after the public offer is concluded, there are still outstanding shares held by the general public, the shareholders that control América Móvil will be required to create a trust for a period of six months, into which such controlling shareholders will be required to contribute funds in an amount sufficient to purchase, at the same price as the offer price, the number of outstanding shares held by the general public. Within the five days prior to the commencement of the public offer, after taking into account the opinion of the audit committee, our Board of Directors must publish its opinion regarding the offer price.

Tender Offer Rules

Our bylaws provide that any purchasers or group of purchasers that obtain or increase a significant participation (i.e., 30% or more) in the capital stock of the company, without conducting a previous public offer in accordance with the applicable rules issued by the CNBV, would not have the right to exercise the corporate rights of their shares, and that the company will not register such shares in the share registry book.

Other Provisions

Variable capital. We are permitted to issue shares constituting fixed capital and shares constituting variable capital. All of our outstanding shares of capital stock constitute fixed capital. The issuance of variable-capital shares, unlike the issuance of fixed-capital shares, does not require an amendment of the bylaws, although it does require a majority vote of the AA Shares and the A Shares. Under Mexican law and our bylaws, if we issued variable-capital shares, any holder of such shares would be entitled to redeem them at the holder’s option at any time at a redemption price equal to the lower of:

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95% of the average market value of such shares on the Mexican Stock Exchange for 30 trading days preceding the date on which the exercise of the option is effective and

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the book value of such shares at the end of the fiscal year in which the exercise of the option is effective.

The redemption price would be payable following the annual ordinary general meeting of holders of AA Shares and A Shares at which the relevant annual financial statements were approved.

Forfeiture of shares. As required by Mexican law, our bylaws provide that “any alien who at the time of incorporation or at any time thereafter acquires an interest or participation in the capital of the corporation shall be considered, by virtue thereof, as Mexican in respect thereof and shall be deemed to have agreed not to invoke the protection of his own government, under penalty, in case of breach of such agreement, of forfeiture to the nation of such interest or participation.” Under this provision a non-Mexican shareholder is deemed to have agreed not to invoke the protection of his own government by asking such government to interpose a diplomatic claim against the Mexican government with respect to the shareholder’s rights as a shareholder, but is not deemed to have waived any other rights it may have, including any rights under the U.S. securities laws, with respect to its investment in América Móvil. If the shareholder invokes such governmental protection in violation of this agreement, its shares could be forfeited to the Mexican government. Mexican law requires that such a provision be included in the bylaws of all Mexican corporations unless such bylaws prohibit ownership of shares by non-Mexican persons.

Exclusive jurisdiction. Our bylaws provide that legal actions relating to the execution, interpretation or performance of the bylaws shall be brought only in Mexican courts.

Duration. América Móvil’s existence under the bylaws continues indefinitely.

Purchase of our own shares. According to the bylaws, we may repurchase our shares on the Mexican Stock Exchange at any time at the then prevailing market price. Any such repurchase must conform to guidelines established by the Board of Directors, and the amount available to repurchase shares must be approved by the general ordinary shareholders meeting. In the event of any such repurchase, our capital stock will be reduced automatically in an amount equal to the assumed par value of each repurchased share (determined by dividing our outstanding capital stock by the number of shares outstanding immediately prior to such repurchase); if the purchase price of such shares exceeds the assumed par value, the difference will be charged against amounts allocated from net earnings to a special reserve created for the repurchase of shares. Repurchased shares will be held as treasury stock, pending future sales thereof on the Mexican Stock Exchange or cancellation. Our capital stock is automatically increased upon the resale of such shares in an amount equal to their assumed par value; any excess amount is allocated to the special reserve referred to above. The economic and voting rights corresponding to repurchased shares may not be exercised during the period in which we own such shares, and such shares are not deemed to be outstanding for purposes of calculating any quorum or vote at any shareholders’ meeting during such period.

Conflict of interest. A shareholder that votes on a business transaction in which its interest conflicts with América Móvil’s may be liable for damages, but only if the transaction would not have been approved without its vote.

Appraisal rights. Whenever the shareholders approve a change of corporate purposes, change of nationality of the corporation or transformation from one type of company to another, any shareholder entitled to vote on such change that has voted against it may withdraw from América Móvil and receive the book value attributable to its shares, provided it exercises its right within 15 days following the adjournment of the meeting at which the change was approved.

Rights of Shareholders

The protections afforded to minority shareholders under Mexican law are different from those in the United States and many other jurisdictions. The substantive law concerning fiduciary duties of directors has not been the subject of extensive judicial interpretation in Mexico, unlike many states in the United States where duties of care and loyalty elaborated by judicial decisions help to shape the rights of minority shareholders. Mexican civil

procedure does not contemplate class actions or shareholder derivative actions, which permit shareholders in U.S. courts to bring actions on behalf of other shareholders or to enforce rights of the corporation itself. Shareholders cannot challenge corporate action taken at a shareholders’ meeting unless they meet certain procedural requirements, as described above under “Shareholders’ Meetings.”

As a result of these factors, in practice it may be more difficult for our minority shareholders to enforce rights against us or our directors or controlling shareholders than it would be for shareholders of a U.S. company.

In addition, under the U.S. securities laws, as a foreign private issuer we are exempt from certain rules that apply to domestic U.S. issuers with equity securities registered under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including the proxy solicitation rules and the rules requiring disclosure of share ownership by directors, officers and certain shareholders. We are also exempt from the corporate governance requirements of the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, except that beginning in July 2005 we will be subject to the requirements concerning audit committees and independent directors adopted pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Enforceability of Civil Liabilities

América Móvil is organized under the laws of Mexico, and most of our directors, officers and controlling persons reside outside the United States. In addition, all or a substantial portion of our assets and their assets are located in Mexico. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process within the United States on such persons. It may also be difficult to enforce against them, either inside or outside the United States, judgments obtained against them in U.S. courts, or to enforce in U.S. courts judgments obtained against them in courts in jurisdictions outside the United States, in any action based on civil liabilities under the U.S. federal securities laws. There is doubt as to the enforceability against such persons in Mexico, whether in original actions or in actions to enforce judgments of U.S. courts, of liabilities based solely on the U.S. federal securities laws.

CERTAIN CONTRACTS

Telcel has entered into concession agreements with the Mexican Communications Ministry with respect to its Band B and Band D licenses in each of the nine regions in Mexico. See “Mexican Operations—Regulation” under Item 4. A number of our subsidiaries and affiliates have also entered into telecommunications concession agreements with regulatory authorities in the countries in which they operate. See “Mexican Operations,” “Non-Mexican Operations—Telecom Americas” and “Other Investments” under Item 4.

Our agreements with related parties are described in “Related Party Transactions” under Item 7.

EXCHANGE CONTROLS

Mexico has had a free market for foreign exchange since 1991, and the government has allowed the peso to float freely against the U.S. dollar since December 1994. There can be no assurance that the government will maintain its current foreign exchange policies. See “Exchange Rates” under Item 3.

TAXATION

The following summary contains a description of certain Mexican federal and U.S. federal income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of L Shares, A Shares, L Share ADSs or A Share ADSs, but it does not purport to be a comprehensive description of all of the tax considerations that may be relevant to a decision to purchase or hold shares or ADSs.

The Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion and a Protocol thereto (the “Tax Treaty”) between the United States and Mexico entered into force on January 1, 1994. The United States and Mexico have also entered into an agreement concerning the exchange of information with respect to tax matters.

This discussion does not constitute, and should not be considered as, legal or tax advice to holders. The discussion is for general information purposes only and is based upon the federal tax laws of Mexico (including the Mexican Income Tax Law and the Mexican Federal Tax Code) and the United States as in effect on the date of this annual report (including the Tax Treaty), which are subject to change, and such changes may have retroactive effect. Holders of shares or ADSs should consult their own tax advisers as to the Mexican, U.S. or other tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of shares or ADSs, including, in particular, the effect of any foreign, state or local tax laws.

Mexican Tax Considerations

The following is a general summary of the principal consequences under the Mexican Income Tax Law (Ley del Impuesto sobre la Renta) and rules and regulations thereunder, as currently in effect, of an investment in shares or ADSs by a holder that is not a resident of Mexico and that will not hold shares or ADSs or a beneficial interest therein in connection with the conduct of a trade or business through a permanent establishment in Mexico (a “nonresident holder”).

For purposes of Mexican taxation, tax residency is a highly technical definition that involves the application of a number of factors. Generally, an individual is a resident of Mexico if he or she has established his or her home in Mexico, and a corporation is considered a resident if it is incorporated under the laws of Mexico or it has its center of interests in Mexico. However, any determination of residence should take into account the particular situation of each person or legal entity.

Tax Treaties

Provisions of the Tax Treaty that may affect the taxation of certain U.S. holders (as defined below) are summarized below.

The Mexican Income Tax Law has established procedural requirements for a holder disposing of his shares to be entitled to the benefits under any of the tax treaties to which Mexico is a party. These procedural requirements include among others the obligation to (i) prove tax treaty residence, (ii) present tax calculations made by authorized certified public accountants and (iii) appoint representatives in Mexico for taxation purposes.

Payment of Dividends

Dividends, either in cash or in kind, paid with respect to the L Shares, A Shares, L Share ADSs or A Share ADSs will not be subject to Mexican withholding tax.

Taxation of Dispositions

Under current Mexican law and regulations, there is no basis for the Mexican tax authorities to impose taxes on income realized by a nonresident holder from a disposition of ADSs, provided that (i) the transaction is

carried out through (a) the Mexican Stock Exchange, (b) other securities exchanges or markets approved by the Mexican Ministry of Finance or (c) other securities exchanges or markets with ample securities trading that are located in countries with which Mexico has entered into an income tax treaty, such as the New York Stock Exchange, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, NASDAQ and the Mercado de Valores Latinoamericanos en Euros (LATIBEX), and (ii) certain other requirements are met. In addition, income realized by a nonresident holder from tendering shares or ADSs pursuant to a public tender offer may be exempt from Mexican taxation, provided that certain requirements are met. Sales or other dispositions of shares or ADSs carried out in other circumstances generally are subject to Mexican tax, except to the extent that a nonresident holder is eligible for benefits under an income tax treaty to which Mexico is a party.

For non-resident corporations and individuals that do not meet the requirements above mentioned, gross income obtained on the sale or disposition of shares will be subject to 5% tax if the transaction is carried out through the Mexican Stock Exchange or other securities markets approved by the Mexican Ministry of Finance. Under certain circumstances, non-resident corporations and individuals, alternatively, may elect to pay a 20% tax on the net amount of the transaction.

Pursuant to the Tax Treaty, gains realized by a U.S. holder (as defined in—U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations) from the sale or other disposition of shares, even if the sale or disposition is not carried out under the circumstances described in the preceding paragraphs, will not be subject to Mexican income tax, provided that such U.S. holder owned less than 25% of the shares representing our capital stock (including ADSs), directly or indirectly, during the 12-month period preceding such disposition.

Gains realized by other nonresident holders that are eligible to receive benefits pursuant to other income tax treaties to which Mexico is a party may be exempt from Mexican income tax in whole or in part. Non-U.S. holders should consult their own tax advisers as to their possible eligibility under such treaties.

In other cases, nonresident holders will be subject to Mexican income tax on the sale or other disposition of shares or ADSs. Such nonresident holders should consult with their own tax advisers as to how Mexican income tax would apply to their circumstances.

If a corporation is a resident in a tax haven (as defined by the Mexican Income Tax Law), the applicable rate will be 40% on the gross income obtained.

Other Mexican Taxes

Under certain circumstances, a nonresident holder will not be liable for estate, inheritance or similar taxes with respect to its holdings of shares or ADSs; provided, however, that gratuitous transfers of shares may in certain circumstances result in imposition of a Mexican tax upon the recipient. There are no Mexican stamp, issue registration or similar taxes payable by a nonresident holder with respect to shares or ADSs.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations

The following is a summary of certain U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. holders (as defined below) of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of shares or ADSs. The summary does not purport to be a comprehensive description of all of the tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership or disposition of shares or ADSs. The summary applies only to U.S. holders that will hold their shares or ADSs as capital assets and does not apply to special classes of U.S. holders such as dealers in securities or currencies, holders with a functional currency other than the U.S. dollar, holders of 10% or more of our voting shares (whether held directly or through ADSs or both), tax-exempt organizations, financial institutions, holders liable for the alternative minimum tax, securities traders electing to account for their investment in their shares or ADSs on a mark-to-market basis, and persons holding their shares or ADSs in a hedging transaction or as part of a straddle or conversion transaction.

For purposes of this discussion, a “U.S. holder” is a holder of shares or ADSs that is:

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a citizen or resident of the United States of America,

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a corporation organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof, or

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otherwise subject to U.S. federal income taxation on a net income basis with respect to the shares or ADSs.

Each U.S. holder should consult such holder’s own tax advisor concerning the overall tax consequences to it of the ownership or disposition of shares or ADSs that may arise under foreign, state and local laws.

Treatment of ADSs

In general, a U.S. holder of ADSs will be treated as the owner of the shares represented by those ADSs for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Deposits or withdrawals of shares by U.S. holders in exchange for ADSs will not result in the realization of gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes. U.S. holders that withdraw any shares should consult their own tax advisors regarding the treatment of any foreign currency gain or loss on any pesos received in respect of such shares.

Taxation of Distributions

In this discussion, we use the term “dividends” to mean distributions paid out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits with respect to shares or ADSs. In general, the gross amount of any dividends will be includible in the gross income of a U.S. holder as ordinary income on the day on which the dividends are received by the U.S. holder, in the case of shares, or by the depositary, in the case of ADSs. Dividends will be paid in pesos and will be includible in the income of a U.S. holder in a U.S. dollar amount calculated by reference to the exchange rate in effect on the date that they are received by the U.S. holder, in the case of shares, or by the depositary, in the case of ADSs (regardless of whether such pesos are in fact converted into U.S. dollars on such date). If such dividends are converted into U.S. dollars on the date of receipt, a U.S. holder generally should not be required to recognize foreign currency gain or loss in respect of the dividends. U.S. holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the treatment of foreign currency gain or loss, if any, on any pesos received by a U.S. holder or depositary that are converted into U.S. dollars on a date subsequent to receipt. Dividends paid by us will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction allowed to corporations under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

Subject to certain exceptions for short-term and hedged positions, the U.S. dollar amount of dividends received by an individual prior to January 1, 2009 with respect to the ADSs will be subject to taxation at a maximum rate of 15% if the dividends are “qualified dividends.” Dividends paid on the ADSs will be treated as qualified dividends if (i) the ADSs are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States and (ii) we were not, in the year prior to the year in which the dividend was paid, and are not, in the year in which the dividend is paid, a passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”), foreign personal holding company (“FPHC”) or foreign investment company (“FIC”). The ADSs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and will qualify as readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States so long as they are so listed. Based on our audited financial statements and relevant market and shareholder data, we believe that we were not treated as a PFIC, FPHC or FIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes with respect to 2003 taxable year. In addition, based on our audited financial statements and our current expectations regarding the value and nature of our assets, the sources and nature of our income, and relevant market and shareholder data, we do not anticipate becoming a PFIC, FPHC or FIC for 2004 taxable year. Based on existing guidance, it is not entirely clear whether dividends received with respect to the shares will be treated as qualified dividends, because the shares are not themselves listed on a U.S. exchange. In addition, the U.S. Treasury has announced its intention to promulgate rules pursuant to which holders of ADSs or common stock and intermediaries though whom such

securities are held will be permitted to rely on certifications from issuers to establish that dividends are treated as qualified dividends. Because such procedures have not yet been issued, it is not clear whether we will be able to comply with them. Holders of ADSs and common shares should consult their own tax advisors regarding the availability of the reduced dividend tax rate in the light of their own particular circumstances.

Distributions of additional shares or ADSs to U.S. holders with respect to their shares or ADSs that are made as part of a pro rata distribution to all of our shareholders generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax.

Taxation of Dispositions

A U.S. holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss on the sale or other disposition of the shares or ADSs in an amount equal to the difference between the U.S. holder’s basis in such shares or ADSs (in U.S. dollars) and the amount realized on the disposition (in U.S. dollars, determined at the spot rate on the date of disposition if the amount realized is denominated in a foreign currency). Gain or loss recognized by a U.S. holder on such sale or other disposition generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if, at the time of disposition, the shares or ADSs have been held for more than one year. Long-term capital gain recognized by a U.S. holder that is an individual is subject to lower rates of federal income taxation than ordinary income or short-term capital gain. The net amount of long-term capital gain recognized by an individual U.S. holder after May 6, 2003 and before January 1, 2009 generally is subject to taxation at a maximum rate of 15%. The net long-term capital gain recognized by an individual U.S. holder before May 6, 2003 generally is subject to taxation at a maximum rate of 20%. The deduction of a capital loss is subject to limitations for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Gain, if any, realized by a U.S. holder on the sale or other disposition of the shares or ADSs generally will be treated as U.S. source income for U.S. foreign tax credit purposes. Consequently, if a Mexican withholding tax is imposed on the sale or disposition of the shares, a U.S. holder that does not receive significant foreign source income from other sources may not be able to derive effective U.S. foreign tax credit benefits in respect of these Mexican taxes. U.S. holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the application of the foreign tax credit rules to their investment in, and disposition of, the shares.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

Dividends on, and proceeds from the sale or other disposition of, the shares or ADSs paid to a U.S. holder generally may be subject to the information reporting requirements of the Code and may be subject to backup withholding unless the holder:

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establishes that it is a corporation or other exempt holder, or

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provides an accurate taxpayer identification number on a properly completed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 and certifies that no loss of exemption from backup withholding has occurred.

The amount of any backup withholding from a payment to a holder will be allowed as a credit against the U.S. holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability and may entitle such holder to a refund, provided that certain required information is furnished to the Service.

U.S. Tax Consequences for Non-U.S. holders

Distributions. A holder of shares or ADSs that is, with respect to the United States, a foreign corporation or a non-resident alien individual (a “non-U.S. holder”) generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax on dividends received on shares or ADSs, unless such income is effectively connected with the conduct by the holder of a U.S. trade or business.

Dispositions. A non-U.S. holder of shares or ADSs will not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax on gain realized on the sale of shares or ADSs, unless:

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such gain is effectively connected with the conduct by the holder of a U.S. trade or business, or

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in the case of gain realized by an individual holder, the holder is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of the sale and certain other conditions are met.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding. Although non-U.S. holders generally are exempt from backup withholding, a non-U.S. holder may be required to comply with certification and identification procedures in order to establish its exemption from information reporting and backup withholding.

DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY

We file reports, including annual reports on Form 20-F, and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC that apply to foreign private issuers. You may read and copy any materials filed with the SEC at its public reference rooms in Washington, D.C., at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. As a foreign private issuer, we were not required to make filings with the SEC by electronic means prior to November 4, 2002, although we were permitted to do so. Any filings we make electronically will be available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov.

Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

EXCHANGE RATE AND INTEREST RATE RISKS

We are exposed to market risk from changes in interest rates and currency exchange rates. Interest rate risk exists principally with respect to our net financial liabilities bearing interest at floating rates. Interest rate risk also exists with respect to the fair value of fixed-rate financial assets and liabilities. Exchange rate risk exists with respect to our financial assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than Mexican pesos. We are also subject to exchange rate risks with respect to our investments outside Mexico.

At December 31, 2003, we had approximately Ps. 6.3 billion in financial assets denominated in currencies other than Mexican pesos, principally consisting of cash, short-term investments and marketable securities, and approximately Ps. 37.3 billion in financial liabilities denominated in currencies other than Mexican pesos, consisting of debt. Approximately 88.1% of our non-peso indebtedness was denominated in U.S. dollars.

We regularly assess our interest rate and currency exchange exposures and determine whether to adjust or hedge our position. We may use derivative instruments to hedge or adjust our exposures. For example, during 2003, we entered into interest rate swaps to hedge interest payments under our U.S. dollar and Mexican Peso denominated indebtedness bearing interest at floating rates and with maturity dates starting in 2005. See Note 11 to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report. We have only used derivative instruments to hedge exposures associated with financial assets and liabilities.

During 2003, we also entered into currency swaps between the Mexican peso and the U.S. dollar in order to finance some of our U.S. dollar obligations and assets at more attractive rates than we could have obtained by accessing the U.S. dollar market directly.

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS DISCLOSURES

The potential increase in net debt and corresponding foreign exchange loss that would have resulted from a hypothetical, instantaneous 10% depreciation of all of our operating currencies against the U.S. dollar, would have been approximately Ps. 2.97 billion. Such depreciation would have also resulted in additional interest expense of approximately Ps. 96.1 million per annum, reflecting the increased costs of servicing foreign currency indebtedness.

A hypothetical, immediate increase of 100 basis points in the interest rates applicable to our floating rate financial assets and liabilities at December 31, 2003 would have resulted in additional interest expense of approximately Ps. 133.2 million per year, assuming no change in the principal amount of such indebtedness. The potential loss in the fair value of our fixed-rate financial assets at December 31, 2003, that would have resulted from the hypothetical, immediate increase of 100 basis points in the interest rates applicable to such financial instruments would have been approximately Ps. 85.5 million. This potential loss would have been offset by the potential reduction in the fair value of our fixed-rate financial liabilities at December 31, 2003 of approximately Ps. 818.1 million, which would have resulted from that same increase in interest rates.

The above sensitivity analyses are based on the assumption of unfavorable movements in exchange or interest rates applicable to each homogeneous category of financial assets and liabilities. A homogeneous category is defined according to the currency in which financial assets and liabilities are denominated and assumes the same exchange rate or interest rate movement with each homogeneous category. As a result, exchange rate risk and interest rate risk sensitivity analysis may overstate the impact of exchange rate or interest rate fluctuations for such financial instruments, as consistently unfavorable movements of all exchange rates or interest rates are unlikely.

Items 12-14. Not Applicable

Item 15. Controls and Procedures

We carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2003. There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of the controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure controls and procedures can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives. Based upon our evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2003 were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file and submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required.

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during 2003 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Item 16A. Audit Committee Financial Expert

The Board of Directors has determined that María Asunción Aramburuzabala Larregui qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of this Item 16A.

Item 16B. Code of Ethics

We have adopted a code of ethics, as defined in Item 16B of Form 20-F under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Our code of ethics applies to our chief executive officer, chief financial officer and comptroller, and persons performing similar functions. Our code of ethics is available on our web site at www.americamovil.com. If we amend any provisions of our code of ethics that apply to our chief executive officer, chief financial officer, comptroller and persons performing similar functions, or if we grant any waiver of such provisions, we will disclose such amendment or waiver on our web site at the same address.

Item 16C. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Audit and Non-Audit Fees

The following table sets forth the fees billed to us and our subsidiaries by our independent auditors, Mancera S.C., a member practice of Ernst & Young Global (“Mancera”), during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2002 and 2003:


	Year ended December 31,
	2002		2003
	(thousands of constant pesos as of December 31, 2003)
Audit fees	Ps.	9,799	Ps.	17,300
Audit-related fees		39		1,067
Tax fees		9,337		13,242
Other fees		289		62

Total fees		19,464		31,671

Audit fees in the above table are the aggregate fees billed by Mancera and its affiliates in connection with the audit of our annual financial statements and statutory and regulatory audits.

Audit-related fees in the above table are the aggregate fees billed by Mancera and its affiliates for the review of reports on our operations submitted to the Mexican Federal Telecommunications Commission, the review of our interim financial statements and attestation services that are not required by statute or regulation in 2003.

Tax fees in the above table are fees billed by Mancera and its affiliates for tax compliance services, tax planning services and tax advice services.

Other fees in the above table are fees billed by Mancera and its affiliates primarily related to assistance in connection with information technology services.

Audit Committee Approval Policies and Procedures

Our audit committee has not established pre-approval policies and procedures for the engagement of our independent auditors for services. Our audit committee expressly approves on a case-by-case basis any engagement of our independent auditors for audit and non-audit services provided to our subsidiaries or us.

Item 17. Not Applicable

Item 18. Financial Statements

See pages F-1 through F-87, incorporated herein by reference.

Item 19. Exhibits

Documents filed as exhibits to this annual report:



1.1		Amended and restated bylaws (estatutos sociales) of América Móvil, S.A. de C.V., dated as of December 8, 2003 (together with an English translation).

2.1		L Share Deposit Agreement (incorporated by reference to our registration statement on Form F-6, File No. 333-72960, filed on December 8, 2000).

2.2		A Share Deposit Agreement (incorporated by reference to our registration statement on Form F-6, File No. 333-12962, filed on December 8, 2000).

3.1		Shareholders Agreement dated December 20, 2000 between América Telecom, S.A. de C.V. (as successor to Carso Global Telecom, S.A. de C.V.) and SBC International, Inc. (incorporated by reference to the report of beneficial ownership of our shares filed on Schedule 13D on May 16, 2001).

4.1		Post-spin-off Master Agreement dated January 18, 2001 between Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V. and América Móvil, S.A. de C.V. (together with an English translation) (incorporated by reference to our registration statement on Form 20-F, File No. 001-16269, filed on February 5, 2001).

4.2		First Amendment dated March 15, 2001 to Post-spin-off Master Agreement dated January 18, 2001 between Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V. and América Móvil, S.A. de C.V. (together with an English translation) (incorporated by reference to our annual report on Form 20-F, File No. 001-16269, filed on July 2, 2002).

4.3		Second Amendment dated April 30, 2001 to Post-spin-off Master Agreement dated January 18, 2001 between Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V. and América Móvil, S.A. de C.V. (together with an English translation) (incorporated by reference to our annual report on Form 20-F, File No. 001-16269, filed on July 2, 2002).

4.4		Management Services Agreement dated February 27, 2002 between SBC International Management Services, Inc. and Radiomóvil Dipsa, S.A. de C.V.

4.5		First Amendment dated January 13, 2003 to Management Services Agreement dated February 27, 2002 between SBC International Management Services, Inc. and Radiomóvil Dipsa, S.A. de C.V.

4.6		Second Amendment dated October 29, 2003 to Management Services Agreement dated February 27, 2002 among SBC International Management Services, Inc., Radiomóvil Dipsa, S.A. de C.V., and América Móvil, S.A. de C.V.

4.7		Third Amendment dated January 1, 2004 to Management Services Agreement dated February 27, 2002 between SBC International Management Services, Inc., and América Móvil, S.A. de C.V.

4.8		Operating and Administrative Services Agreement dated January 2, 2004 between América Telecom, S.A de C.V. and América Móvil, S.A. de C.V. (together with an English translation).

8.1		List of certain subsidiaries of América Móvil, S.A. de C.V.

12.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer furnished pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

12.2		Certification of Chief Financial Officer furnished pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

13.1		Certification furnished pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Omitted from the exhibits filed with this annual report are certain instruments and agreements with respect to long-term debt of América Móvil, none of which authorizes securities in a total amount that exceeds 10% of the total assets of América Móvil. We hereby agree to furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission copies of any such omitted instruments or agreements as the Commission requests.

INDEX TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


*Consolidated Financial Statements of América Móvil, S.A de C.V.*		Page

Report of Mancera, S.C.		F-1

Report of Pricewaterhouse Coopers		F-2

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001		F-3

Consolidated Balance Sheets as at December 31, 2003 and 2002		F-4

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001		F-5

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Financial Position for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001		F-7

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements		F-8

*Consolidated Financial Statements of Telecom Americas Ltd.*		Page

Report of Deloitte & Touche		F-64

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2001 and for the 186-day period ended December 31, 2000		F-65

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the year ended December 31, 2001 and for the 186-day period ended December 31, 2000		F-66

Consolidated Balance Sheets as at December 31, 2001 and 2000		F-67

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 2001 and for the 186-day period ended December 31, 2000		F-68

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements		F-69

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

To the Stockholders of

América Móvil, S.A. de C.V.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of América Móvil, S.A. de C.V. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2002 and 2003 and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and changes in financial position for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We did not audit the financial statements of América Central Tel, S.A. and subsidiaries, which statements collectively account for 10% of total assets at December 31, 2002, and 10% and 8% of total operating revenues for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2002, respectively, of the related consolidated amounts, as well as the financial statements of Telecom Américas, Ltd, in which the Company’s equity in their net loss is stated at P. 3,660,197 in 2001. Those financial statements, presented in accordance with International Accounting Standards and accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, respectively, were examined by other independent auditors whose reports have been furnished to us, and our opinion, insofar as it relates to the financial information utilized by Company’s management (before conversion to accounting principles generally accepted in Mexico) of such subsidiary and investee in the consolidated financial statements of América Móvil, S.A. de C.V. and subsidiaries, is based solely on the reports of the other independent auditors.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in Mexico and in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts (including the Company’s conversion of the financial statements of América Central Tel, S.A. and Telecom Américas, Ltd, to accounting principles generally accepted in Mexico) and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits and the reports of other independent auditors provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, based on our audits and the reports of the other independent auditors, the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of América Móvil, S.A. de C.V. and subsidiaries at December 31, 2002 and 2003, and the consolidated results of their operations and changes in their financial position for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in Mexico, which differ in certain respects from those followed in the United States of America. (See Note 23)

Mancera, S.C.

A Member Practice of

Ernst & Young Global

C.P.C. Francisco Alvarez Del Campo

Mexico City, Mexico

February 23, 2004,

(except for Note 23 as to which the date is March 16, 2004)

F-1

LOGO

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

To the Board of Directors and

Shareholders of América Central Tel, S.A.

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of income, of cash flows and of changes in shareholders’ equity present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of América Central Tel, S.A. and subsidiaries at December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with International Accounting Standards. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with International Auditing Standards and with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States, which require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall consolidated financial statements presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.

As explained in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements at December 31, 2002, the company prepared these consolidated financial statements for the first time in conformity with International Accounting Standards (IAS), and, as required by provisions issued by the Standing Committee on Interpretations of IAS, it restated both its financial statements and retained earnings as of December 31, 2001. As more fully explained in note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the effect of the mentioned restatement was charged to retained earnings.

International Accounting Standards (IAS) vary in certain significant respects from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The application of the latter would have affected the determination of consolidated net income expressed in Guatemalan Quetzales for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 and the determination of consolidated stockholders’ equity and consolidated cash flows also expressed in Guatemalan Quetzales at December 31, 2002 and 2001 to the extent summarized in Note 17 to the consolidated financial statements.

LOGO

February 20, 2003, except for Note 17, which is dated March 4, 2003.

F-2

AMÉRICA MÓVIL, S.A. DE C.V. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Amounts in thousands of Constant Mexican Pesos as of December 31, 2003, except for earnings per share)


	Year ended December 31,
	2001			2002			2003			Million of U.S. dollars 2003
Operating revenues:
Services:
Usage charges	P.	28,223,945		P.	32,855,080		P.	48,849,771		$	4,348
Monthly rent		5,594,442			10,764,349			11,639,345			1,036
Long-distance		4,232,224			4,951,114			7,385,984			657
Other services		3,429,410			3,976,896			5,996,308			534
Sales of handsets and accessories		3,977,383			7,195,157			12,069,564			1,074

		45,457,404			59,742,596			85,940,972			7,649

Operating costs and expenses:
Cost of sales		15,675,640			21,744,132			33,572,259			2,988
Cost of sales and services with related parties (Note 17)		3,821,476			3,637,594			3,902,024			347
Commercial, administrative and general		11,869,136			12,076,188			16,099,680			1,433
Commercial, administrative and general with related parties (Note 17)		363,824			657,215			529,053			47
Impairment of investments in affiliates (Note 10)		2,132,600			40,793
Depreciation and amortization (Notes 7 to 10) (includes P. 3,690,186, P. 6,006,324 and P.10,295,050 for the years ended December 31 2001, 2002 and 2003, respectively not included in cost of sales)		4,920,248			8,606,263			13,877,861			1,235

		38,782,924			46,762,185			67,980,877			6,050

Operating income		6,674,480			12,980,411			17,960,095			1,599

Comprehensive financing (cost) income:
Interest income		884,160			1,401,503			2,382,557			212
Interest expense		(1,138,433	)		(2,439,159	)		(3,780,072	)		(336	)
Interest (expense) income with related parties, net (Note 17)		(6,588	)		(57,215	)		4,706
Exchange (loss) gain, net		(382,034	)		(1,526,419	)		1,354,786			121
Monetary (loss) gain		(817,611	)		2,871,978			2,350,798			209
Other financing income (cost), net		795,609			(1,273,744	)		(189,395	)		(17	)

		(664,897	)		(1,023,056	)		2,123,380			189

Other income (loss), net		423,211			270,064			(1,044,944	)		(93	)

Income before income tax and employee profit sharing		6,432,794			12,227,419			19,038,531			1,695

Provisions for:
Income tax (Note 19)		3,290,281			3,211,308			3,277,526			292
Employee profit sharing		209,677			202,304			247,938			22

		3,499,958			3,413,612			3,525,464			314

Income before equity in results of affiliates		2,932,836			8,813,807			15,513,067			1,381
Equity in net results of affiliates		(4,066,886	)		(4,169,755	)		(129,582	)		(11	)

Net (loss) income	P.	(1,134,050	)	P.	4,644,052		P.	15,383,485		$	1,370

Distribution of net (loss) income
Majority interest	P.	(910,023	)	P.	4,783,697		P.	15,031,636		$	1,338
Minority interest		(224,027	)		(139,645	)		351,849			32

Net (loss) income	P.	(1,134,050	)	P.	4,644,052		P.	15,383,485		$	1,370

Weighted average of common shares outstanding (in million)		13,199			13,123			12,912			12,912

Net (loss) income earnings per share	P.	(0.07	)	P.	0.36		P.	1.16		$	0.10

See accompanying notes.

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AMÉRICA MÓVIL, S.A. DE C.V. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Amounts in thousands of Constant Mexican Pesos as of December 31, 2003)

December 31,

2002

2003

Million of

U.S. dollars

2003

ASSETS

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

9,512,980

9,287,162

826

Marketable securities (Note 3)

1,510,101

794,873

Accounts receivable, net (Note 4)

6,522,689

11,414,686

1,016

Related parties (Note 17)

609,398

647,805

Inventories, net (Note 5)

3,127,193

5,229,256

465

Prepaid expenses (Note 6)

184,797

Other current assets

925,554