Articles tagged with: Telefonica and Nextel
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
Related Tags: radio-spectrum, iusacell, telcel, america-movil, mvs-comunicaciones, court, auction, usa, Mexico
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, telcel, america-movil, three, radio, televisa, grupo-televisa, auction, 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: telcel, iusacell, cofetel, competition-commission, auction, 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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Chile Publishes Details of 3G License Tender
The Chilean telecoms regulator, Subtel has published the tender details for a round of 3G licenses, which it anticipates will bring a new entrant into the market. The auction for the licenses is due to be held in July, a notice on the regulators website announced. 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, movistar, telcel, iusacell, Mexico
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
Related Tags: prepay, grupo-iusacell, america-movil, movistar, iusacell, Mexico
America Movil Seizes the Lead as Argentina's Penetration nears 100%
The number of mobile connections in Argentina is almost certain to have surpassed 40m at the time of writing, having reached 39.47m at the end of Q1 08. Furthermore, if Q2 net additions match last year's figure, then penetration will have broken the 100% barrier by the end of the current quarter, with Q1's figure standing at 97.3%. more
Related Tags: iden, personal, telefonica,, Argentina
Mexico Q1 '08 - Telefonica Gains Ground, but Telcel Maintains Dominance
The Mexican mobile market closed the quarter with 71.041m customers, up 2.345m on the quarter and 11.55m on the year. A majority of the new customers connected to Telcel, the America Movil subsidiary, taking its total base to 51.5m, or 72.5% of the total. This dominance is quite unprecedented and no other operator in any competitive market comes close to matching Telcel's dominance. That the market has been competitive or supposedly competitive ever since mobile communications were first introduced nearly 20 years ago makes the situation all the more extraordinary. more
Related Tags: arpu, iden, america-movil, 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: grupo-iusacell, movistar, telcel, antitrust, cofetel, push-to-talk, auction, Mexico
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