MICROSOFT: Telmex and Microsoft join to create re region's leading Spanish-language Internet portal.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-19 October 1999-MICROSOFT: Telmex and Microsoft join to create region's leading Spanish-language Internet portal (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:181099 MEXICO CITY and REDMOND, Wash. -- Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex) and Microsoft Corp. today signed a joint venture agreement to create and operate a leading Spanish-language Internet portal in the Americas.

The alliance between the worldwide leader in software and Mexico's telecommunications and Internet access leader is intended to create a new company to operate the portal and deliver best-of-breed content and Internet services in Spanish for Latin American consumers and Spanish-speaking users across the continent, including the United States and Canada. Telmex and Microsoft have agreed...