Teléfonos de México, S.A.B. de C.V. announced that it placed senior notes in aggregate principal amount of $500 million, maturing in 2019 and bearing interest at 5.50%. Closing is scheduled for November 12, 2009. The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes.

Telefonos de Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. reported consolidated earnings results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009. For the quarter, the company reported operating income of MXN 8,478,234,000, income before income tax and employee profit sharing of MXN 6,917,290,000 compared to operating income of MXN 9,949,154,000, income before income tax and employee profit sharing of MXN 7,729,353,000 for the same period of last year. For the third quarter, earnings per share were 26 cents, 10.3% lower than the same period of last year, and earnings per ADR were 39 US cents, a decrease of 30.4% compared with the third quarter of 2008. In the third quarter, capital expenditures were the equivalent of $147 million. EBITDA was MXN 12.959 billion in the third quarter, a decrease of 9.8% compared with the same period of last year. For the nine months, the company reported operating income of MXN 26,588,555,000, income before income tax and employee profit sharing of MXN 22,445,242,000, income after income tax and employee profit sharing of MXN 15,475,379,000 and net income of MXN 15,475,379,000 on operating revenue of MXN 89,353,359,000 compared to operating income of MXN 30,491,040,000, income before income tax and employee profit sharing of MXN 24,244,482,000, income after income tax and employee profit sharing of MXN 17,197,239,000 and net income of MXN 17,197,239,000 on operating revenue of MXN 93,137,914,000 for the same period of last year. The company reported net cash provided by operating activities of MXN 30,975,372,000 compared to net cash provided by operating activities of MXN 38,186,522,000 for the same period of last year. For the nine months, Capex was the equivalent of $537 million. Total net debt was equivalent to $6.484 billion, $1.122 billion less than September 30, 2008.

Telefonos de Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. reported earnings results for the third quarter of 2009. For the quarter, the company reported 11.9% drop in third-quarter profits, saying increased competition and an economic slump hurt sales. The company report that net income was MXN 4.79 billion ($354 million) compared to MXN 5.43 billion in the third quarter of 2008. The company said revenue was MXN 29.5 billion, a 5% drop from MXN 31 billion in the year-earlier period. It blamed decreasing sales in part on Mexico's worst recession in more than a decade, which has penny-pinching customers making fewer calls.