Televisa, Telefonica and Megacable to bed for dark fibre spectrum together (Mexico)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: In order to bid for dark fibre spectrum in Mexico, Televisa, Telefonica and Megacable have entered in to a joint venture. The unused parts of state power company CFE’s fibre-optic network would be auctioned by the Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT).
Hereby, the dark fibre network of CFE is opened and it will lease unused parts of its fibre-optic network to alternative operators.
Announcements of the tender winners will be made on June 9. Televisa, Telefonica and Megacable are expected to have equal stakes in the consortium.
Televisa plans to enter Mexico mobile market
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Televisa the Mexican media group, intends to launch its mobile phone services in the local market, as it plans to bid for the fibre optic network licence and wireless spectrum. Cofetel, the Mexican regulator, will soon launch mobile licence tenders, aiming to boost competition in the country. Televisa further plans to provide mobile services through its cable companies, Cablevision, Cablemas and Cablevision Monterrey, which recently teamed with Guadalajara-based Megacable.
