- Could AT&T steal América Móvil's Mexico crown?
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 27/Jan/2015 | Written by Patricia Rey
AT&T announced Monday it had reached an agreement to buy wireless carrier Nextel Mexico from NII Holdings for US$1.9bn, barely a week after completing its acquisition of another Mexican mobile operato...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - IFT will hold public consultation on interconnection points
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 20/Jan/2015 | Written by Patricia Rey
Mexican telecom regulator IFT announced it plans to open a public consultation on the draft proposal regarding interconnection points to América Móvil's network. The draft bill will establish the i...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - IFT could probe Telmex-Dish deal under new laws
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 15/Jan/2015 | Written by Patricia Rey
Mexico's telecom regulator IFT has already fined telco Telmex and pay TV operator Dish for failing to officially announce a commercial agreement they struck, but the tie-up might now need reexamining ...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Dish criticizes uneven fines from Mexico regulator
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 13/Jan/2015 | Written by Patricia Rey
Dish complained about the difference in fines imposed by Mexican watchdog IFT on the pay TV operator and Telmex for failing to formally notify the regulator of their tie-up, local daily El Financiero ...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Telmex to fight fine for Dish tie-up
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 12/Jan/2015 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Mexican fixed-line telecom giant Telmex has said it will fight a nearly US$1mn fine imposed by regulator IFT for its commercial alliance with pay TV operator Dish. Telmex, a unit of América Móvil, ...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Telmex adjusts plans in light of new Mexican law
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 31/Dec/2014 | Written by Patricia Rey
Telmex announced it would adjust its mobile plans to Mexico's new law that does away with long distance fees, El Universal reported. América Móvil's mobile operator announced that its new plans wil...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - IFT holds public consultation on unbundling networks
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 22/Dec/2014 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Mexico's telecoms regulator IFT has opened a public consultation on cost models for interconnection rates for unbundling the networks of telecoms operators deemed "preponderant economic agents," IFT s...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Mexico's IFT publishes reference offers for wholesale services
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 06/Nov/2014 | Written by Patricia Rey
Mexican telecom regulator IFT approved the reference offers for wholesale services to be applied by preponderant economic agents, according to a press release. The measures are applicable to Telmex...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Roundup: Liberty Puerto Rico, Telmex, Nextel Mexico
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 15/Oct/2014 | Written by Patricia Rey
Telecom firm Liberty Puerto Rico launched the platform TV Everywhere, which offers programming from 35 pay TV channels, news portal NextTV Latam reported. The platform will include content from TNT...
Related Topics: Mexico , Puerto Rico , Telecommunications - Axtel eyes Telmex infrastructure
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 15/Oct/2014 | Written by Patricia Rey
Mexican telco Axtel wants to rent Telmex's infrastructure in several states, local daily Diario de San Luís reported. The firm, which is looking to use Telmex's fiber optic assets, could make a for...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Telmex launches first cybersecurity center in Mexico
Filed under Info. Technology | Published on 02/Oct/2014 | Written by Patricia Rey
Telmex launched its cybersecurity center, the first in Mexico and Latin America, the telecom company announced on a press release. The center will monitor all technological components in Telmex's n...
Related Topics: Mexico , Info. Technology - Watchdog fines Telmex for monopolistic practices
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 01/Oct/2014 | Written by Noah Ramirez
Mexico's telecom watchdog IFT has fined Telmex 49mn pesos (US$3.7mn) for "relative monopolistic practices," IFT said in a statement. According to the watchdog, the fixed-line unit of mobile giant A...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Mexican companies lose court battles over telecoms law
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 24/Sep/2014 | Written by Patricia Rey
Several Mexican telcos have lost court battles regarding the new telecommunications law, reported local daily Crónica. Telmex, Grupo Carso, Megacable and SOS Telecomunicaciones received unfavorable...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - IFT celebrates first anniversary
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 11/Sep/2014 | Written by Patricia Rey
Mexican watchdog IFT celebrated its first anniversary on September 10, and outlined in a press release the measures and directives it started during the last year. The regulator, created as a resul...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Zuckerberg wants to bring Internet.org to Mexico
Filed under Info. Technology | Published on 10/Sep/2014 | Written by Patricia Rey
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wants to bring the internet to the 60mn Mexicans that remain offline – through the Internet.org initiative, local paper El Financiero reported. Zuckerberg had...
Related Topics: Mexico , Info. Technology - Telmex, UN launch smartphone app to solve urban problems
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 21/Aug/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Telmex and UN-Habitat have partnered up to offer a smartphone application and internet platform in Mexico to help solve urban problems. Both parties announced the launch of +xMiCiudad, an app w...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - América Móvil must release infrastructure, services information
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 21/Aug/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Mexican telecom regulator IFT has asked América Móvil companies to make several changes to their reference offers for wholesale services. América Móvil's fixed-line units Telmex and Telnor and mobi...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Mexican government launches training program for free broadband sites
Filed under Info. Technology | Published on 20/Aug/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Mexico's communications and transportation ministry (SCT) has begun a program to train and certify around 2,000 officials to operate public internet connectivity sites forming part of the México Conec...
Related Topics: Mexico , Info. Technology - América Móvil interconnection rates eliminated as Mexico's telecom bill kicks in
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 13/Aug/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Telmex and Telcel will no longer be able to charge interconnection rates in Mexico as of Wednesday, as the country's secondary legislation in telecoms and broadcasting takes effect. The new laws pr...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Telmex to terminate option to buy majority share in Dish - report
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 12/Aug/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Mexican fixed-line telco Telmex will reportedly terminate its option to purchase 51% of Dish, according to local daily Excelsior. The move involves Telmex's withdrawal from the option valued at US$...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Mexico's Megacable reaps World Cup dividends
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 25/Jul/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Mexican triple play provider Megacable reported a 14% year-on-year revenue increase in the second quarter driven by a growing internet subscriber base and World Cup match transmissions. Revenue was...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Mexico boosts access to free broadband
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 24/Jul/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Mexico will have 65,000 public sites providing free broadband access by year-end, according to officials. Communications and transportation (SCT) minister Gerardo Ruiz Esparza signed an agreement w...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Mexican telcos attract quarter of consumer complaints
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 21/Jul/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Mexico's telecom services are not only seen as relatively expensive but also subject to the most complaints from local consumers. The sector accounts for 26% of all complaints received by the count...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Carlos Slim reclaims world's richest man title
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 18/Jul/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim has overtaken Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates to reclaim the title of world's richest man following an announcement that América Móvil (AMX), his largest holding, was...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - América Móvil asset sale piques interest of local telcos
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 15/Jul/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Mexican telecom firms Axtel and Alestra might be interested in buying América Móvil (AMX) assets, according to local media reports. Although AMX has given few details on which assets it would sell ...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Mexico market dominance: Heavyweights launch legal barrage
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 14/Jul/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Mexican telecom giant América Móvil and media conglomerate Grupo Televisa have filed 33 injunctions since they were slapped with market dominance restrictions in early March. Some courts, including...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - América Móvil could escape market dominance regulations in under a year
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 10/Jul/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
América Móvil (AMX) could be freed up from market dominance regulations in less than one year if it shows that its plan to sell assets will benefit competitors. Lawmakers say the secondary legislat...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Mexico's fixed broadband growth declines as market stabilizes
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 10/Jul/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
The number of fixed broadband subscriptions in Mexico grew 5.8% in 1Q14 compared to the same year-ago period, totaling 16.2mn and continuing a downward trend as the segment stabilizes. This increas...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - América Móvil to divest assets, avoid market dominance restrictions
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 09/Jul/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Responding to regulatory pressure, América Móvil (AMX) announced its intention of divesting its assets in order to no longer hold a majority share in Mexico's fixed and mobile segments. The telecom...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Telmex, Telcel submit interconnection rate proposals
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 02/Jul/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Telmex and Telcel have submitted documents to regulator IFT detailing their interconnection rates, a measure to provide transparency to competitors. The proposed interconnection framework agreement...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Mexican telecom expert, lawmaker withdraws from debate after leaked phone call
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 26/Jun/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
A Mexican lawmaker whose leaked phone conversation led to accusations of conflicts of interest announced she is withdrawing from the telecom bill debate. Telecom expert Purificación Carpinteyro, on...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Regulatory committees set up to keep Mexico's América Móvil in check
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 29/May/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Mexico's telecoms regulator IFT has created three committees to monitor América Móvil's compliance with market dominance measures and to make it easier for competitors to access information about shar...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Mexico's state-owned telco to take control of fiber optic network
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 29/May/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Mexico's state-owned Telecomm has been given the rights to operate the country's second largest fiber optic network as the government aims to more than double the system's capacity in the coming years...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Telmex, Dish might face hefty fines if monopoly concerns materialize
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 27/May/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Mexican telco Telmex and internet and TV provider Dish could face fines of up to 8% of their income if they are found to have an illegal level of market concentration or to have incurred in monopolist...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Telmex, Dish may be fined over partnership
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 23/May/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Telmex and Dish may face sanctions for failing to notify telecoms regulator IFT of the extent of their partnership, which is said to result in an illegal level of concentration in the sector. B...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Mexico's TV networks pique interest of dozens of companies
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 06/May/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Last year's telecom reforms, along with recent decisions by Mexican regulator IFT and pending secondary legislation, are on track to diversify a US$8bn sector that is almost entirely controlled by jus...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Mexico's telecoms bill to reduce investment, put jobs at risk - union
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 05/May/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Members of Mexico's telephony workers union (STRM) have rejected the country's telecoms bill, arguing that it puts jobs at risk and would hinder investment in the sector. Jaime Trejo, an STRM repre...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Mexican lawmakers postpone telecoms bill debate
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 25/Apr/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Lawmakers postponed debate on Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto's telecoms bill as they focus on electoral and economic bills with less than a week before the end of the current legislative period....
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Telefónica says Telmex, Telcel not fulfilling market dominance obligations
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 22/Apr/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Telefónica México is accusing its competitors of failing to comply with market dominance obligations that telecoms regulator IFT imposed last month. IFT's measures require Telmex and Telcel - w...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Roundup: Microsoft, Orange Dominicana, Ideiasnet
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 21/Apr/2014 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) may rename the mobile devices unit soon to be acquired from Nokia as Microsoft Mobile Oy, according to website reports citing a leaked document supposedly sent to the Nokia su...
Related Topics: Brazil , Dominican R. , Telecommunications - Mexican court throws out injunction attempts by Slim companies
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 11/Apr/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
A Mexican court has blocked an attempt by Grupo Carso and Grupo Financiero Inbursa to seek injunctions against market dominance measures.​ The non-telecom companies, owned by billionaire Carl...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Roundup: América Móvil, Costa Rica limits downloading, new Siget head
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 02/Apr/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
América Móvil has filed an injunction after Mexican telecoms regulator IFT declared it a preponderant economic agent last month in an effort to reduce its market dominance. Grupo Ca...
Related Topics: Regional , Telecommunications - Mexican regulator slashes América Móvil's interconnection rates
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 01/Apr/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Mexico's telecom regulator IFT lowered interconnection rates for América Móvil, after it was declared a dominant market player on March 6. The measure, which applies to the conglomerate's mobile pr...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - América Móvil slams telecom bill
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 28/Mar/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
América Móvil (NYSE: AMX) says parts of Mexico's telecoms bill will harm its business and have negative effects on consumers, especially measures requiring it to share infrastructure with its competit...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Mexican supreme court: Telcos can be considered authorities
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 27/Mar/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Mexico's supreme court has ruled that individuals can file injunctions against telecom companies as if the latter were equivalent to an authority, local press reported. The court upheld the dec...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Televisa criticizes Mexico's telecoms bill
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 26/Mar/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Mexican broadcast giant Televisa has expressed its concern over the secondary laws of the telecoms reform that were sent to congress on Monday (March 24), saying the proposed laws could limit its ...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Mexican telecom watchdog fines may increase sevenfold
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 18/Mar/2014 | Written by Bronson Pettitt
Mexico's congress is considering a bill that would give the telecom regulator IFT the power to increase fines more than sevenfold, or to nearly US$4mn, for non-compliant telcos. The most recent dra...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Mexican cable operators allege Telmex intends to buy into Dish
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 14/Mar/2014 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Mexico's cable operators association Canitec has requested the telecoms regulator IFT to sanction fixed line operator Telmex and satellite TV operator Dish for violating their concession contracts, lo...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Telmex won't offer TV before 2015, says IFT
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 14/Mar/2014 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Despite the much hyped auction of two open TV licenses in Mexico this year, fixed line telecoms giant Telmex will be unable to enter the TV market before 2015, local daily El Economista reported, citi...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Rumors abound about potential Alestra, Axtel merger - reports
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 12/Feb/2014 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Rumors have resurged that Mexican fixed line operator Alestra may attempt to acquire, or merge with, fellow fixed line telco Axtel. Alestra's CFO Bernardo García was reported by Bloomberg this week...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Ifetel to state its position on TV Azteca, Dish's must carry must offer dispute
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 11/Feb/2014 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Mexico's telecoms regulator Ifetel will declare on Wednesday (Feb 12) its position regarding a dispute over whether satellite pay TV provider Dish Mexico can carry the open channels of broadcast giant...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Ifetel confirms Telmex dominance
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 21/Jan/2014 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Mexican telecoms regulator Ifetel has confirmed that fixed line telco Telmex and its unit Telnor are dominant players in the markets for international long distance over a dedicated connection, and in...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Telmex ordered to halt asset spin-off
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 17/Jan/2014 | Written by Patrick Nixon
A Mexican court has ordered telco Telmex to suspend any activities related to spinning off assets, in its attempt to avoid sanctions that could be imposed as part of new telecoms regulations, local da...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Telmex may split in two to comply with telecoms reform
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 10/Jan/2014 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Mexican fixed telecoms operator Telmex may split in two, keeping only the 9mn users of its broadband service, which represent 70% of company income, as a means of avoiding sanctions stemming from the ...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - América Móvil to continue share buyback trend in 2014
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 02/Jan/2014 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Latin Américan telecoms giant América Móvil (NYSE: AMX) spent US$5.4bn in 2013 buying back some 7% of its shares to prop up its share price and analysts think the trend will continue in 2014. Accor...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Regulator IFT revises schedule for broadcast TV license auctions
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 20/Dec/2013 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Mexico's telecoms regulator Ifetel (IFT) has published a revised schedule for awarding two nationwide broadcast TV licenses in 2014 in a bid to introduce more competition to a market dominated by the ...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - América Móvil lands 100G submarine cable in Mexico, launches service
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 18/Dec/2013 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Mexican telecoms giant América Móvil (NYSE: AMX) and its fixed line unit Telmex announced they have landed the AMX-1 submarine cable in Cancún in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo and put the service ...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Watchdog probing América Móvil, Televisa on suspected market dominance
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 06/Dec/2013 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Mexican telecoms and broadcasting giants América Móvil (NYSE: AMX) and Televisa said on Thursday they had been notified by telecoms regulator Ifetel that the watchdog had started proceedings to determ...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Telmex in talks with government to build private clouds
Filed under Info. Technology | Published on 08/Nov/2013 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Mexican telco Telmex is in conversations with the government to potentially build private clouds to host more of its data, Ulises Castillo, Telmex's director of infrastructure management and IT to...
Related Topics: Mexico , Info. Technology - Slowing Mexican economy impacts AMX Q3
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 28/Oct/2013 | Written by Patrick Nixon
A slowing Mexican economy affected América Móvil's (NYSE: AMX) results in that country in the third quarter of 2013, the company's CFO Carlos García Moreno said in a conference call with inves...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Government to hand operation of CFE telecoms network to private sector
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 25/Oct/2013 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Mexico's government will transfer the telecoms network of state-owned electricity company CFE to Telecomunicaciones de México (Telecomm Telégrafos) so that through a public-private p...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Government to hand operation of CFE telecoms network to private sector
Filed under Privatization | Published on 25/Oct/2013 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Mexico's government will transfer the telecoms network of state-owned electricity company CFE to Telecomunicaciones de México (Telecomm Telégrafos) so that through a public-private p...
Related Topics: Mexico , Privatization - Telmex considering bidding for open TV licenses
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 25/Sep/2013 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Mexican fixed line telco Telmex is now considering participating in the auction for up to two open TV licenses due to the changes brought about by the telecoms reform approved into law in June, the co...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Canieti asks Ifetel to rein in dominant players through secondary laws
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 12/Sep/2013 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Mexico's new telecoms and IT association Canieti has asked the new telecoms regulator Ifetel to focus on reining in the power of dominant operators like Telmex through secondary laws that will specify...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Cofetel resolves interconnection disputes in Mexico
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 16/Aug/2013 | Written by Bethany Kovars
Mexican telecoms regulator Cofetel has settled an interconnection dispute between fixed line operators NII Digital, Telmex, and Telnor. The dispute regards interconnection rates from January 1, 201...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Cofetel resolves interconnection tariff disagreement between Avantel, Axtel, Telmex
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 01/Aug/2013 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Mexico's telecoms regulator Cofetel has resolved an interconnection tariff disagreement between fixed telcos Avantel and Axtel and incumbent operator Telmex for the period January 1, 2012 to December ...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Cofetel resolves interconnection tariff disagreement between Avantel, Axtel, Telmex
Filed under Privatization | Published on 01/Aug/2013 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Mexico's telecoms regulator Cofetel has resolved an interconnection tariff disagreement between fixed telcos Avantel and Axtel and incumbent operator Telmex for the period January 1, 2012 to December ...
Related Topics: Mexico , Privatization - Telmex to remove 60,000 public phone booths
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 30/Jul/2013 | Written by Bethany Kovars
Mexican fixed-line telco Telmex is to cease operations of 60,000 public telephone booths across the country, according to local daily El Universal. Mexican telecoms regulator Cofetel cites the high...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications - Telmex signs accord with Boingo for Wi-Fi roaming
Filed under Telecommunications | Published on 18/Jul/2013 | Written by Patrick Nixon
Mexican fixed line telco Telmex has signed an agreement with Boingo Wireless, a provider of Wi-Fi and distributed antenna systems (DAS), to give customers of its Infinitum broadband service preferenti...
Related Topics: Mexico , Telecommunications
