Mexico's Telint net surges 141 pct vs year ago

27 October 2009 @ 07:04 pm EDT

Latin American telecommunications operator Telmex Internacional posted a 141 percent rise in third-quarter net profit on Tuesday, far more than analysts had expected.

Telmex Internacional, known as Telint , said its net profit in the quarter was 2.791 billion pesos ($206.7 million).

Analysts polled by Reuters had expected Telint's earnings to rise 44 percent on average.

($1= 13.5035 pesos at end-Sept)

(Reporting by Noel Randewich)

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