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Articles tagged with: Nextel and Telcel
Mexico Raises Spectrum Cap on Forthcoming Auction
The Mexican anti-trust commission, CFC has reviewed the details of the forthcoming radio spectrum auction and raised the spectrum cap to 90MHz per individual mobile network operator. The previous plans had imposed a limit of 80Mhz. more
Related Tags: radio-spectrum, iusacell, telefonica, america-movil, three, radio, Mexico
Mexico Radio Spectrum Auction Could Raise $1.5 Billion
Mexico's government could look forward to charging US$1.5 billion for wireless radio spectrum which is due to be auctioned off later this year. Basing its estimate on recent auctions in other country's, banking group, Banamex said that the government should expect between US$1-$1.5 billion from the licenses. more
Related Tags: telefonica, iusacell, cofetel, competition-commission, Mexico
Mexico's Iusacell Loses 600,000 Customers Due to Clean-Up
The Mexican mobile market finished the year on 77.93m customers with a below-par performance for customer growth in Q4 2008. In fact, the quarterly increase of 2.24m was the smallest gain since Q2 06 and the smallest fourth-quarter gain in five years. The main cause of this was Iusacell's loss of 0.56m customers as the result of a customer clean-up programme. more
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Mexico Q2 2008 - Telcel maintains unparalleled dominance
Mexico has the second largest customer base in South America behind Brazil with 73.45m customers at the end of Q2 08. This is approximately the same size as the UK customer base, although the population of Mexico is almost twice that of the UK, with a figure of just under 110m. This yields a penetration figure of 66.8% at the end of the quarter, up from 57.1% a year earlier. Penetration has been increasing at a steady rate, and if there is no significant slowdown then the 75% mark should be reached during Q2 09. more
Related Tags: arpu, telefonica, movistar, iusacell, Mexico
Mexican Mobile Telephony Revenues Will Surpass $11.9 Billion Mark by 2013
Signals Telecom Consulting has published a report which examines the Mexican mobile services market with a focus on the Value Added Services (VAS) offered by local mobile operators. The report notes that the Mexican market is characterized by a VAS offering focused on SMS services. The slowdown in subscriber growth and the development of 3G networks, however, will force operators to aggressively pursue a VAS offering that is not focused on text messaging. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, sms, text-messaging, mvno, signals-telecom-consulting, mts, hspa, vas, compete, digicel, movistar, adult-content, millicom, Mexico
Mexico's Wireless Subscribers Reach 71 Million at End-March
MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Mexico's wireless subscribers rose to 71 million at the end of March, up from about 59.4 million in the year-earlier period, according to data from the country's four mobile operators. more
Related Tags: telefonica, grupo-iusacell, movistar, antitrust, cofetel, Mexico
Who are the 20 Largest Operators in the Americas?
At the end of the September quarter, the ten largest networks in the Caribbean and Latin America region all had a minimum of 10 million customers. This remains the case in the current quarter, with those same ten and only those ten having passed this mark. In fact, the status quo is essentially undisturbed, with each of the ten remaining in the same place as they were three months earlier. In the light of this, we have decided to deviate slightly from our normal practice and to display the leading CALA operators together with their North American counterparts. more
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Mexico's Telecom Regulator to Sell Wireless Licenses in 2Q
MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- The Mexican government has authorized telecommunications regulator Cofetel to sell wireless licenses starting in the second quarter as part of a larger spectrum auction program aimed at boosting competition in the sector, officials said Monday. more
Related Tags: telefonica, grupo-iusacell, iusacell, cofetel, fixed-wireless, competition-commission, Mexico
Mexico Q3 Market Update - Telcel reigns supreme
The total mobile market in Mexico grew to 64.57m customers at the end of Q3, with total net additions of 11.64m in the year. This is equivalent to an annual growth rate of 22.0%, an improvement on the 21.1% recorded in Q3 06. Penetration stood at 59.2%, up from 49.1% a year previously. In quarterly terms, net additions were at the lowest level of the calendar year so far, although the figure of 2.48m was still higher than the 2.28m recorded in Q3 06. more
Related Tags: avea, arpu, movistar, iusacell, Mexico
Nextel Mexico, Iusacell Sign Interconnection Deal
MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Mexican mobile operator Grupo Iusacell has signed a network interconnection agreement with the nextel Mexico subsidiary of wireless carrier NII Holdings. more
Related Tags: grupo-iusacell, telefonica, america-movil, iusacell, cofetel, Mexico