The Mexican competition authorities have reportedly decided that four domestic mobile operators – Iusacell, America Movil’s Telcel, Telefonica and Unefon – have a position of dominance in the market for the termination of calls.
Local newspaper El…
The Mexican competition authorities have reportedly decided that four domestic mobile operators – Iusacell, America Movil’s Telcel, Telefonica and Unefon – have a position of dominance in the market for the termination of calls.
Local newspaper El Economista reported that it is now the task of Mexican telecoms regulator COFETEL to apply “asymmetrical regulation” to the businesses, in order to avoid anti-competitive practices.
In April, the CFC announced that it would be fining Telcel Ps11.891bn (approximately US$1bn) for alleged monopolistic practices in the market for the termination of calls from mobile phones. Telcel is appealing against the decision.
In March, COFETEL decided that the termination rate on Telcel’s mobile network should be Ps0.3912 (US$0.2889) per minute. This was significantly less than the Ps0.95 that Telcel had reportedly been looking for.
Telcel is America Movil’s mobile subsidiary in Mexico. America Movil claims to have a 70% share of the Mexican wireless market.
