MEXICO

摘要

Mexican cableco Megacable has reportedly called on local telecoms regulator the Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (Ifetel) to pay it MXN120 million (US$9.17 million) to return its unused spectrum in the 2.5GHz band. With Megacable having said it was seeking "just compensation" in return for surrendering a portion of the spectrum it holds in the 2.5GHz band last November, the previous month Mexico's government had agreed to a deal with the majority of companies holding frequencies in the aforementioned band under which it would recover a significant portion of such spectrum. At that time it was said that nine of the eleven license holders - excluding Megacable - had voluntarily given up at least a portion of their spectrum holdings, while the Secretario de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) was said to have confirmed that the concessions for the remaining 60MHz of spectrum that was not being returned had been extended for 15 years.