By Reuters

(Reuters) - Mexican telecoms giant America Movil (AMXB.MX) on ​Tuesday posted a 25.1% rise in ‌profit for the first quarter, driven by stronger operating earnings and lower financing ​costs.

America Movil, controlled by the family ​of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, reported ⁠a net profit of 23.40 ​billion pesos ($1.31 billion) as the company added ​3.0 million postpaid mobile clients while still losing 90,000 prepaid subscribers.

• Revenues for the quarter ticked ​up 2.1% to 236.84 billion ​pesos ($13.21 billion), above the predicted dollar-denominated revenues of $13.19 ‌billion ⁠forecast by LSEG.

• Brazil led postpaid additions with 1.3 million new clients.

• EBITDA reached 95 billion pesos ($5.30 billion), slightly above analysts' $5.28 ​billion prediction.

• America ​Movil ⁠added 594,000 new broadband accesses, with Mexico adding 175,000 and ​Brazil 115,000.

• Mexican peso strengthened approximately ​12% ⁠through March, diluting overseas earnings when converted to local currency.

• America Movil agreed to ⁠buy ​Brazilian internet provider Desktop (DESK3.SA) ​for $753 million in March.

($1 = 17.9252 Mexican pesos at ​end-March)

Reporting by Natalia Siniawski and Brendan O'Boyle

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