Telcel and Telmex tie-up opposed by Mexican cablecos
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Mexico’s antitrust watchdog, the Comision Federal de Competencia (Cofeco), has been requested by the country’s cable television operators to reject businessman Carlos Slim’s plan to merge his wireless and fixed line operators, Telcel and Telmex.
According to Camara Nacional de la Industria de Telecomunicaciones por Cable (CANITEC), a trade body representing cablecos including Megacable, the tie- up could effectively cripple competition in the Mexican telecommunication sectors.
The plea came after the revelation that America Movil (AM) is planning to consolidate both Slim’s other telecoms companies Carso Global Telecom and Telmex Internacional (Telint). America Movil took the decision to create a regional telecoms giant offering fixed line, wireless and broadband services, to more than 250 million subscribers.
$850 million investment to be made by America Movil in Mexico
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: $850 million investment is eyed by Latin America’s biggest mobile operator America Movil SAB in its domestic operations by 2010. Operating in the 18 countries of Americas, the Company had reported
194.3 million wireless subscribers at the end of September.
America Movil’s largest market is Mexico where its TelCel unit had a 72% market share at the end of the third quarter, with 58.4 million subscribers. According to Movil’s Chief Executive Daniel Hajj, the company invested about $850 million alone in Mexico which may remain same in 2010.
As part of the federal government’s 2010 budget, Mexico’s Congress approved a 3% special tax on telecommunications services and a one percentage point increase to the national value added tax, including other tax increases.America Movil is still evaluating the impact that higher taxes will have on TelCel next year.
Earlier this month, fixed-line carrier Telefonos de Mexico SAB and America Movil’s sister company announced that it will not pass on the cost of higher taxes next year to customers.
Palm Treo 650 with Intellisync from Nokia Launches Exclusively on Telcel’s Network
The Palm Treo 650 smartphone with Intellisync Wireless Email from Nokia is now available for corporate users in Mexico. The Intellisync behind-the-firewall solution, available from Telcel, offers corporate customers the ability to access and manage their corporate email from their Treo 650 smartphones, greatly enhancing their productivity and access to work-related documents and directories.Palm, a leader in mobile computing, and Nokia, a wireless industry leader and provider of the Intellisync range of software solutions, are working together to coordinate an outreach and educational program for all businesses and individual consumers using a Palm Treo 650 smartphone in Mexico. To support this campaign, both companies will sponsor educational workshops for business enterprises throughout the country. Treo 650 customers using Telcel’s Mobile Office will have the option of integrating their corporate email accounts and their personal POP3- or IMAP-based email accounts.
As one of the leading platform-independent wireless email messaging solutions, Intellisync Wireless Email from Nokia provides a powerful, secure and reliable wireless email for Palm Treo smartphones,??? said Jos© Ignacio Gallego, country manager of Palm Mexico. This announcement will help our user base in Mexico take full advantage of the Treo 650′s tremendous capabilities as a virtual extension of their office. Intellisync standards-based wireless email from Nokia works seamlessly with our intuitive Treo interface, maximizing the value of Palm’s award-winning smartphones.???
This type of collaboration with Nokia is a great proof point that we are committed to the platform independent approach when delivering mobile software,??? said Clyde Foster, vice president, global software sales for Enterprise Solutions at Nokia. In addition, this is a huge step forward in expanding the services that are available on the Treo 650 smartphone in Mexico, delivering valuable business-class services to a large number of people who use this powerful smartphone.???
The Intellisync behind-the-firewall solution joins to the range of Telcel’s Mobile Office productivity tools. In order to contract the service, it is necessary to consult a Telcel’s sales executive. Companies that are interested in the service will have to take into account the technical adjustments in their servers as well as the payment of licenses.
Source- http://www.mobilewirelessnews.com
