America Movil Nails Down CDB Funds

Major regional mobile telecom America Movil has secured a $1 billion 10-year loan from the China Development Bank (CDB). Pricing is in line with other ECA financing, at slightly above 100bp over Libor, highly competitive versus the volatile bank market. “We likely will have this line closed before end of the month,” America Movil’s CFO Carlos García Moreno tells LatinFinance. Proceeds will be used to finance purchases of equipment from China. Huawei is one of the suppliers. Telemar last month got a $300m loan from CDB. The 7-year facility pays Libor plus 250bp and features a 2-year grace period. The Brazilian telecom, also known as Oi, plans to use proceeds to finance its 2008-2009 investment activity in China with network equipment supplier Huawei.