- Avantel
Avantel is a telecommunications company based in
Mexico City .Avantel was founded in
October 1994 by Mexican investors partnered withBanamex and MCI (acquired byVerizon Communications ) after the deregulation of the communications industry in Mexico. Avantel initiated operations inAugust 1996 andFrancisco Gil Díaz became CEO in 1997, position he kept in 2000 to join the cabinet ofVicente Fox ,president of Mexico as his Secretary of Finance.Initially a
long distance phone company, Avantel has increased it services to provide internet services becoming the first company of its kind in Mexico that built a network exclusively forInternet traffic. The company also offersVoice over IP for residential customers andtoll free numbers , voice and data networks for business customers.On December 4th, 2006
Axtel announced the closing of its acquisition of Avantel. The purchase of Avantel consolidates Axtel as the second integrated telecoms company in Mexico.ee also
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Communications in Mexico External links
* [http://www.avantel.com.mx Official site]
* [http://www.siem.gob.mx/portalsiem/comunes/cedulas/ceddg.asp?ct=77,36,63,50,84,81,88,67,92,81,90,48,88,85,80,67,88,86,90,67,93,85,89,67,&Id=11&q=1&qIdC=11&arbol=Directorio,+por+nombre+%F3+raz%F3n+Social Avantel data at siem.gob.mx (mexico´s gob. empresarial info system) 2006 (before the Axtel fusion ]* [http://www.solutionsabroad.com/Avantel-intro.asp Avantel; at solutionsabroad.com] , the website of the community of
American expatriate s in Mexico
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