TELMEX PRESS RELEASE: TELMEX PROPOSES TO INCREASE FUNDS FOR SHARE REPURCHASE NOVEMBER 9, 2005

FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of November 2005

Commission File Number: 333-13580

Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V.

(Exact Name of the Registrant as Specified in the Charter)

Telephones of Mexico

(Translation of Registrant's Name into English)

Parque Vía 190

Colonia Cuauhtémoc

México City 06599, México, D.F.

(Address of principal executive offices)

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TELMEX PROPOSES TO INCREASE FUNDS FOR SHARE REPURCHASE

Mexico City, November 9, 2005. Telefonos de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (TELMEX) (BMV: TELMEX; NYSE: TMX; NASDAQ: TFONY; LATIBEX: XTMXL) announced today that its Board of Directors at a meeting held on November 9, 2005, authorized to submit a proposal to the Ordinary Shareholders Meeting to increase 10 billion Mexican pesos the funds to purchase its own shares. The Ordinary Shareholders Meeting will be held on November 28, 2005.

TELMEX is the leading telecommunications company in Mexico. TELMEX and its subsidiaries provide a wide range of telecommunications services, data and video transmission and Internet access, as well as integrated telecommunications solutions to its corporate customers. Additionally, it offers telecommunications services through its international subsidiaries in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru. More information about TELMEX can be accessed on the Internet at www.telmex.com

 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: November 09, 2005.

TELÉFONOS DE MÉXICO, S.A. DE C.V.

By: __________________          

Name: Adolfo Cerezo Pérez
Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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