SHENZHEN, China -- Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today announced it had partnered with Telcel, the largest subsidiary of Latin American wireless services provider America Movil (AM), to launch Mexico's first commercial LTE network.

AM adopted Huawei's SingleRAN LTE solution to build a Heterogenous Network (HetNet), which will greatly enhance network spectrum utilization and end-user data transfer speeds, enable a significant breakthrough for improving user experience on wireless networks in Latin America. During the launch ceremony, Huawei's Ascend P1 smartphone and Huawei's LTE broadband modem E397 device were also displayed.

AM is a top-tier operator in Latin America, providing telecommunication services to 18 countries, and is also one of the top five operators worldwide. As the largest subsidiary of the AM Group, Telcel has a nearly 70% market share of the Mexican mobile market with nearly 70 million subscribers.

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.