Tycoon Slim, Silent Mexican Chatter
February 2007
Cell phones silent as Mexico's biggest network fails
Millions o fMexicans had their cell phone conversations put on hold for much of Tuesday, February 6, after a wireless network belonging to the world's third richest man, tycoon Carlos Slim, temporarily crashed. A technical fault in western Mexico City saturated the Telcel cell phone network, Mexico's largest and owned by Slim's telecommunications giant America Movil, the company said on Tuesday. Telcel has 40 million users across the country. Worst affected were those in the vast capital and its surroundings, where most of the company's customers are located. Service began returning hours later and was 90 percent functional by late afternoon.
Source: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2091424,00.asp
Cell phones silent as Mexico's biggest network fails
Millions o fMexicans had their cell phone conversations put on hold for much of Tuesday, February 6, after a wireless network belonging to the world's third richest man, tycoon Carlos Slim, temporarily crashed. A technical fault in western Mexico City saturated the Telcel cell phone network, Mexico's largest and owned by Slim's telecommunications giant America Movil, the company said on Tuesday. Telcel has 40 million users across the country. Worst affected were those in the vast capital and its surroundings, where most of the company's customers are located. Service began returning hours later and was 90 percent functional by late afternoon.
Source: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2091424,00.asp
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