24 Amazing Stats and Facts about Claro

1 . About Claro:

• The Claro Company is part of América Movil, a Mexican telecommunications company.
• Claro is a mobile telecommunications service provider that provides local, national, and international long-distance telephone calls.
• Claro has clients in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Uruguay.

2. In both Portuguese and Spanish, the company name means “bright,” “clear,” and “of course.”

3. Claro was launched on March 25, 2008, in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay as a rebranding of CTI Móvil.

4. Claro was established in Brazil in 2003 through the merger of América Móvil-owned operators ATL, BCP, Americel, Tess Celular, and Claro Digital. Claro later expanded its service to Bahia, Sergipe, Santa Catarina, Paraná, and Minas Gerais states.

5. As of 2012, the provider had over 260 million active mobile phone connections and a mobile penetration rate of more than 130%.

6. Founded on September 19, 2003 (19 years ago)

7. Founder: Carlos Slim

8. CEO: Manola Ayala

9. Parent organization: América Móvil

10. Subsidiaries: Embratel, Claro Guatemala

11. Revenue: 2018 R$49.2B BR; $9.1B USD

12. Headquarters: Mexico City, Mexico

13. Number of Employees: +100.000

14. Industry:  Wireless services

15. Services:

UMTS/HSDPA(Universal MobileTelecommunication System), CDMA(Code-division Multiple access), GSM(Global System for Mobile Communication), AMPS(Advanced Mobile Phone system), Wireless Data Services, Push to Talk

16. Claro was launched in El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua in September 2006. Claro (formerly CTE Telecom) is an El Salvador-based mobile and fixed phone, broadband, and television service, provider.

17. Claro Chile began as Chilesat PCS and was later renamed Smartcom PCS. Claro entered the Chilean market on August 6, 2006, following the acquisition of Smartcom PCS.

18. Recognition: Claro ranks third in the mobile operator market, trailing only Movistar and Entel.

19. Slogans of Claro:

• The company used slogans like “Es simple. Es Claro.” (“It’s simple. It’s clear”) and “Claro es Internet móvil de alta velocidad” in these countries (“Claro is high-speed mobile Internet.”)
• Slogans such as “Yo soy Claro, y me gusta.” (“I am Claro, and I like it.”) have been used in commercials.
• Its Dominican Republic slogans have included “Claro que tienes más” (“Of Course you have more”), “La Red donde todo es posible” (“The network where everything is possible”), and newly, “Estamos para ti” (“We are for you”).

20. Claro started operations on October 11, 2005, following the acquisition of TIM Peru. There are over seventeen million customers in the country.

21. América Móvil was present in Ecuador with Conecel (commercially known as Porta) until February 2011. As part of América Móvil’s business strategy, the name “Porta” was changed to “Claro”.With nearly nine million subscribers, it is the country’s leading operator.

22. Claro was launched in September 2006 in El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Claro (formerly CTE Telecom) is an El Salvadorian mobile and fixed phone service provider, as well as a broadband and television provider.

23. S.A. Claro operates a telecommunications firm. The company provides cellular phones, internet, television, and other telecommunications services. Claro has a global customer base.

24. Claro Americas participated in the (RED) Campaign in 2012 alongside Adidas, American Express, Converse, China UnionPay, Legea, and Servientrega. The campaign’s mission is to prevent HIV virus transmission from mother to child by 2015, with the slogan “Fighting For An AIDS-Free Generation.”