In 1999 Slim acquired a majority stake in TracFone, based in Florida, which sells prepaid wireless service to 1.5 million Spanish- and English-speaking customers.
One strong indication that TCOV has undisclosed outside funding is that despite over a year of operations by the group, TracFone has been unable to locate confirmation that the group has registered in California or with the federal government as a corporate entity or ever solicited funds from their supporters or the public at large.