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Iusacell and Telefonica Ink Deal to Share Network Infrastructure

­Mexican mobile network, Iusacell and telefonica's local subsidiary have jointly announced an agreement to share their network infrastructure in the country.  more

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Possible Delay to Mexican Radio Spectrum Auction

A Mexican court has accepted an appeal by MVS Comunicaciones and Iusacell and ordered a delay to the planned radio spectrum auction. The two companies had argued that the current bidding rules were unfair. A further hearing is to be held and a decision whether the auction can proceed is expected by mid-week.  more

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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

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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

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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 - 75 million Mark Passed, 75% Penetration Beckons

The Mexican mobile market surpassed the 75m mark during Q3 08 to finish the quarter with just under 75.7m customers. In proportionate terms, annual growth continued the decline that began in Q3 07, although the rate of 17.2% was still a reasonably strong figure. At the end of the quarter penetration stood at 68.6%, up 9.4pp annually, and it thus seems a near- certainty that the 75% mark will be reached during 2009.  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

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Telefonica's 2Q Mexico Wireless Subscribers Up 38% to 14.1 Million

MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Spanish phone giant telefonica said Thursday its wireless subscriber base in Mexico reached 14.1 million at the end of the second quarter, up 38% from a year earlier.  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

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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, america-movil, telcel, nextel, cofetel, push-to-talk, interconnection, Mexico


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