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AT&T’s says its retreat from Mexico will enable it to raised deal with its US operations
AT&T has reached an settlement to promote AT&T Mexico to Grupo Televisa and Fintech Holdings for $2 billion in money at closing, topic to sure changes, plus further contractual and contingent advantages.
Grupo Televisa and Fintech Holdings will every holding 50% stake in AT&T Mexico following the deal.
In a press launch, AT&T defined that the deal was a part of its wider technique to prioritise its fibre and wi-fi operations within the US.
The operator had been in talks to promote the enterprise to Televisa since no less than December 2025.
“We’ve got articulated a powerful perception that the AI future will run on converged networks with dense fiber property,” stated John Stankey, AT&T Chairman and CEO. “This transfer positions AT&T Mexico to take part in that evolution and is according to our long-term technique to focus our capital allocation on alternatives for progress within the vibrant U.S. market.”
For Grupo Televisa, the transfer will mix AT&T’s wi-fi community with its personal wi-fi, fastened broadband, and broadcasting property, permitting to supply mixed fastened and cellular packages to prospects.
Televisa’s whole share of fastened and wi-fi subscribers in Mexico is predicted to rise to 19% from 8% on account of the deal.
For Fintech Holdings, the funding automobile owned by Mexican billionaire David Martinez, the deal represents a deepening of its relationship with Televisa, during which it owns a 22.3% stake.
AT&T entered the Mexican market in 2015 with the acquisition of cellular operators Iusacell and Nextel Mexico for $2.5 billion and $1.875 billion, respectively. The businesses have been shortly mixed as AT&T Mexico, with AT&T aiming to tackle the dominance of the incumbent cellular operator, América Móvil’s Telcel.
Regardless of over a decade of competitors and constructing the nation’s second largest cellular community, AT&T Mexico in the end did not considerably displace Telcel. In March 2026, Telcel had round 84.5 million cellular subscribers, greater than thrice AT&T Mexico’s 24 million.
Given its current broadband and broadcasting footprint, Televisa will hope to supply a larger problem.
The deal is topic to typical regulatory approvals and is predicted to shut within the first quarter of 2027.
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