Telcel gets a slim win

Mexico’s largest operator has prevailed in a court case that reverses a ruling made four years ago preventing it charging its rivals for termination services.

Scott Bicheno

August 17, 2017

1 Min Read
Telcel gets a slim win

Mexico’s largest operator has prevailed in a court case that reverses a ruling made four years ago preventing it charging its rivals for termination services.

The only problem is that the award is not retroactive, meaning those four years’ worth of fees of fees can’t be reclaimed. Furthermore those fees only apply to voice interconnections and, with the mobile world having become a lot more data focused over the time of the ban, it could be argued that this is a pretty hollow win.

The case applies specifically to Telcel, the dominant Mexican operator with around two thirds of the country’s mobile subscribers. It’s owned by Carlos Slim, one of the richest people in the world.

The Mexican supreme court concluded the original ruling was unconstitutional and ordered the Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones to determine what the interconnection rates should be by the end of this year. You can read more details about the ruling here.

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Scott Bicheno

As the Editorial Director of Telecoms.com, Scott oversees all editorial activity on the site and also manages the Telecoms.com Intelligence arm, which focuses on analysis and bespoke content.
Scott has been covering the mobile phone and broader technology industries for over ten years. Prior to Telecoms.com Scott was the primary smartphone specialist at industry analyst Strategy Analytics’. Before that Scott was a technology journalist, covering the PC and telecoms sectors from a business perspective.
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