The Mexican government's plan to overhaul, telephone and television market has opened up the field of all players, including architects transform, said on Wednesday that can provide telecoms tycoon carlos slim way into local television business.
Telecom reform bill that President enrique pena, Mr (Monday), may end up in the waves and the bondage of ultra-thin handset business BBC Televisa rules.
Government is seeking to improve competition in a closed unit, allowing more foreign ownership of the media and the telephone company. Regulators will have power to force the player, command on the market sold more than 50% of the assets.
This may lead to cultivate one's morality, the richest man in the world, his telephone business, to offset the pressure pushed Mexico TV market, he has been kept so far.
Reuters, vice minister of communications, jose ignacio peralta, one of the architects of the bill, said in an interview with reporters, provide regulators did not determine to enter the market, a player would harm competition, it may be allowed to enter.
"Door is not closed," said peralta, when asked if he was Slim fixed-line giant Telmex company such big companies may seek to TV market in Mexico franchise.
"(reform), is a complete market competition, and the benefits of competition, the quality of coverage and competitive prices," he said. "(this) refers to all the players, all of the franchise holder, all of the company, all of the participants, can play in all the fields."
In Mr Slim's telephone company America Movil's shares have fallen since the reform and open policy, has fallen by nearly 8%, (Wednesday) in a single day. Shares, visa, by Emilio Azcarraga control, also has fallen, but smaller.
America Movil company control around 70% of Mexico's mobile phone market, 80% of the fixed telephone line,,, visa is more than 60% of Mexico's television business.
If ultra-thin was forced to reduce his Mexican mobile phone market share, it can open the door of Iusacell, Televisa mobile phone joint venture with rival broadcasting and TV azteca. Iusacell is currently about 6% of Mexico's mobile market.
Peralta, suggesting that may not matter as much as possible the size of the market main body, their behavior, once the reform into effect.
"Let's say the size of the dominant players doesn't necessarily mean that anti-competitive behaviour," he said. "Concentrated market is one thing, it is something else, the economy of the dominant players use its influence in the market, its size, its concentration, the performance in predatory, monopolistic way."
Peralta, said, this is it is too early to how the company may be forced to divest assets as soon as possible. But he believes pena, Mr Reform will become law, and points out that it has a broad political support.
Pena, Mr, took office in December, led to the telecommunications act, gustavo Ma Deluo, President of the conservative national action party (PAN), praised as "a historic reform, including the main opposition leader."
Pena, he said the centrist institutional revolutionary party members, they think that at the end of the end of April before the current session, the bill will be approved by congress.
 



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