www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A formal complaint has been lodged by Spanish telecom giant Telefonica criticizing the watchdog for discontinuing an investigation into potential anti-competitive practices by fixed line incumbent Telefonos de Mexico.
The complaint has been lodged with the Mexican antitrust body Comision Federal de Competencia (Cofeco).
Telefonica alleged that Telmex’s bundling strategy was hindering competition, leading to a two-year investigation by Cofeco. At the end of the investigation in August 2009, the case was closed by Cofeco citing lack of evidence against Telmex.
Telmex’s decision not to pass on to the consumer a new 3% telecoms tax introduced earlier has been objected by Telefonica in its new complaint raised to Cofeco.