Private company

Claro El Salvador

Logo: Claro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Salvadorian telecommunications operator

Claro (formerly CTE Telecom) is a mobile and fixed phone, broadband and television service provider in El Salvador. Formerly controlled by parent company CTE Telecom in El Salvador (owned by América Móvil of Mexico), the company started its Wireless service as "Personal" around 1999, and later added "ALÓ" with the motto "Facil y Rapido" (Spanish for "Easy and Fast "). In 2009, America Movil unified the brand in Latin America under the name Claro.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1999Founded1
  • Industrymobile phone industry, telecommunications industry1
  • HeadquartersSan Salvador1
  • Websiteclaro.com.sv

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Claro (formerly CTE Telecom) is a mobile and fixed phone, broadband and television service provider in El Salvador.2

Corporate structure

Claro El Salvador is part of a group headed by América Móvil. 36 entities, 17 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • broadband

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1999Founded Founded1

Sources

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