According to the OECD Review on Telecommunication and Broadcasting in Mexico 2017, the performance of the industry since the reforms of 2013 and 2014 has been remarkable and demonstrates what can be achieved with evidence-based policy making. In my view, the Review rather demonstrates what can...

The reforms of telecommunication regulation in Mexico, adopted recently, are inspired by a mistaken diagnosis of the state of affairs in the industry. Moreover, they introduce and reinforce a type of regulation that has proved little successful elsewhere, particularly in Europe. By doing so,...

Early 2012 the OECD released a Review on Telecommunications Policy and Regulation in Mexico, which was heavily criticized by a few consultants of Mexico’s incumbent telephone companies. The OECD answered the objections only formally, arguing that the study was performed according to...