Early 2012 the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released a Review on Telecommunications Policy and Regulation in Mexico, which was heavily criticized by consultants of Mexico’s incumbent telephone companies. The OECD answered the objections only formally, arguing...

We refute the OECD’s conclusion that Mexico’s telecommunications sector has experienced a lack of competition. The OECD’s conclusion is based on its calculation that high pricing of Mexico’s telecommunications services have caused consumers to lose 129.2 billion (USD) in consumer...

The recent report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Mexican telecommunications (OECD, 2012a) makes two main points. First, the performance of the sector, while improved, remains below attainable goals. Second, the causes of the performance deficit are...

The OECD’s proposed regime of asymmetric ex ante regulation for Mexico’s telecommunications marketplace would reduce competition, contrary to the OECD’s aims. The OECD’s proposals would harm Mexican consumers and force an increase in prices paid for telecommunications services. They...

In Europe Mobile Termination Rates (MTR) are being subject to reduction to reflect actual costs, marginal or incremental, of calls termination in mobiles nets. This is considered as an intermediate step to adopt the “bill-and-keep” system. Other countries around the globe, such as New...

This article examines the two reports on the Telecommunication sector in Mexico. The first study is the OCDE report, while the second was written by Hausman and Ros and criticizes the former one. Comments are only technical and are made with academic purposes. Both studies construct...