Current state of Communications in Mexico

Mexico is a fast developing nation. Mexico’s communication network is one of the most advanced and extensive in Latin America. Though, landlines will never reach the penetration levels like in USA or Europe, mobile telephony has flourished in Mexico and is now very popular means of communication.

Mexico has a whole range of telephone services – reliable landline telephone services, GSM, 3G mobile technology and high-speed internet (ADSL) services.

One of the mobile heavyweights in Mexico is Telmex which has almost a vice like grip. This monopoly means that telephone charges are higher by U.S. standards. Telmex’s clout has ensured that no other significant companies have been able to make any sort of dent in the market.

In recent years, with advent of newer technologies like VoIP, people have started using Skype and similar services to bring down long distance costs.

To the credit of Telmex, their network is quite extensive. Most of the country is covered and you will not face difficulty in communication. Telmex has brought new technologies, like high-speed internet etc.

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After 34 days, India’s 3G spectrum auctions ended with total bids reaching almost $15 billion, almost double the government expectations.
 
The government will reap 677.1 billion rupees ($14.7 billion) from the 2100MHz auction alone, against 350 billion rupees it forecasted from both the country’s 3G and Broadband Wireless Access spectrum auctions
 
The biggest spender was India’s largest mobile company Bharti Airtel which bought spectrum in 13 circles including Mumbai and Delhi, for 122.95 billion rupees.
 
Vodafone was second, winning spectrum in nine circles for 116.18 billion rupees, followed by Reliance Communications which successfully bid 85.85 billion rupees for 13 regions.
 
Aircel will pay about 65 billion rupees for spectrum in 13 second-and third-tier circles, while Idea Cellular won spectrum in 11 service areas for 57.69 billion.
 
Leading operators backed off on plans to bid for spectrum in all 22 circles, as aggressive bidding pushed the price tag for pan-Indian spectrum to $3.6 billion.
 
Analysts had forecast a pan-Indian footprint would cost in the region of $1.3 billion.
 
“The auction format and severe spectrum shortage along with ensuing policy uncertainty drove the prices beyond reasonable levels,” said Bharti.
 
“As a result, we could not achieve our objective of a pan-India 3G footprint in this round.”
 
“The fact that most of the companies have not gone and done blanket bidding [for all circles]…clearly shows that each operator has invested in circles where they…have a strong presence,” Manesh Patel, partner with Ernst & Young told Business Standard.
 
“This will enable the companies to monetise the spectrum in the long run.”