Communications in Mexico

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Several large U.S. telecommunications firms are active in Mexico. AT&T is partnered with Alestra while Worldcom maintains a minority share of Avantel. SBC Communications works closely in Mexico with its partner, Telmex. Shares of Telmex, Mexico's incumbent dominant carrier, also are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Competition in the sector has been hampered by the inability of Mexico's telecommunications regulator to enforce dominant carrier regulations, with regulation largely provided through a series of private agreements among the three largest carriers. This has negative implications for U.S. investors in the sector, although there are no reported barriers to exports of U.S. telecommunications goods and services. The fixed-line teledensity rate in Mexico (around 18% in September 2005) is about average for Latin America. Mobile penetration (around 43% in September 2005) is well above the Latin American average. Mexico's satellite service sector was opened to competition, including limited foreign direct investment, in 2001.

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[edit] Telephone

Telephones - main lines in use: 19.9 million (2006) "Source: Presidencia de la Republica"

Telephones - mobile cellular: 56 million (2006) "Source: Reforma Newspaper"


Telephone system: highly developed system with extensive microwave radio relay links; privatized in December 1990; opened to competition January 1997
domestic: adequate telephone service for business and government, but the population is poorly served; domestic satellite system with 120 earth stations; extensive microwave radio relay network; considerable use of fiber-optic cable, coaxial cable, and mobile cellular service
international: satellite earth stations - 32 Intelsat, 2 Solidaridad (giving Mexico improved access to South America, Central America, and much of the US as well as enhancing domestic communications), numerous Inmarsat mobile earth stations; linked to Central American Microwave System of trunk connections; high capacity Columbus-2 fiber-optic submarine cable with access to the US, Virgin Islands, Canary Islands, Morocco, Spain, and Italy (1997)

[edit] Radio

Radio broadcast stations: 1410 - AM 850, FM 545, shortwave 15 (2001)

Radios: 31 million (1997)

[edit] Television

Television broadcast stations: 642 (of which 461 are under concession; and 181 are under permission); another 906 are complementary stations (2001)

Televisions: 25.6 million (1997)

See also List_of_Mexican_television_networks

[edit] Internet

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 167 (1999)

Country code (Top level domain): MX

Internet Users: 20.2 millions (2006) Source: AMIPCI [1]

See also: Broadband Internet access worldwide#Mexico

[edit] Online newspapers

See also : Mexico
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