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,...

According to the Review of Telecommunication Policy and Regulation in Mexico published by the OECD in January 2012, the performance of the Mexican telecommunications industry in terms of prices and penetration has been poor in comparison with other OECD countries. This would have led to a...

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...

The Mexican telecommunication reforms of 2013 and 2014 were inspired by a misguided perception of backwardness of the industry, by a blind belief in the benefits that can be brought about by competition in markets with strong economies of scale and by unrealistic expectations of what economic...