Thursday, December 16, 2021

The permission to Claro TV, the holiday gift that the IFT prepares for América Móvil

The Mexican regulator has everything ready to issue its ruling, which would be favorable to the granting of a permit to provide TV to the mobile operator. This is questioned by experts and companies in the field, who assure that it is prohibited by Telmex’s concession contract, which would be the "indirect" operator of the service.

The possibility that the IFT (Federal Telecommunications Institute) of Mexico grants América Móvil a concession so that it can provide the television service, through the Claro TV brand, has highlighted the weakness of the regulatory frameworks that contain the activity, threaded with rules, some of them contradictory.

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