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Mexico Telecommunications Report Q1 2008
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Regulator Cofetel has taken some important steps towards liberalising Mexico’s telecoms markets, withthe decision to approve all requests for reselling any telecoms service providing that the service meets therequirements of the country’s telecoms law and the approval of new interconnection guidelines in aneffort to speed up liberalisation of the nascent triple play market. The first MVNO licence has beenawarded to fixed-line operator Maxcom, which is also reported to be planning to roll out IPTV servicesin all of its operations by YE08, as well as an IPO of up to US$175mn in American depositary shares(ADSs). The new interconnection guidelines will hinder any attempts to delay competition by setting aminimum of 40 days for agreements to be reached between operators. Unsurprisingly, dominant fixedlineand broadband operator Telmex has complained about the new rules, but the regulator seemsdetermined to push through measures to open up the market.
Regulations permitting cable TV operators to offer telephony services were approved in July and Telmexhas already signed interconnection agreements with nine operators. Broadcasting group Grupo Televisa,which already dominates the pay-TV market and has made several pay TV acquisitions so far in 2007,has now agreed to acquire long-distance operator Bestel as it prepares to battle it out with Telmex.While Mexico’s fixed-line market is stagnating despite growth from alternative operators, the broadbandmarket is growing more quickly than anticipated thanks to market leader Telmex. The operator continuesto post above average growth for the sector despite already accounting for over 70% of the market. Inlight of this growth and the good developments in the triple play market, we have raised forecasts andnow expect the market to grow by over 1mn net additions or around 54% in 2007, which will increasepenetration from 2.4% to 3.6%. Good double-digit growth should continue over the forecast period, andwe currently anticipate penetration to exceed 9% in 2011.
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