Movistar Mexico and lusacell to share network infrastructure

摘要

Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica has inked a deal which will see its Mexican subsidiary, and the country's second largest cellular provider by subscribers, Movistar Mexico, share infrastructure with rival lusacell, which currently holds third place in the wireless sector. The agreement between the two operators is similar to one announced by Telefonica for its UK operations, with the five-year deal between Movistar Mexico and lusacell expected to cover the sharing of cell sites as well as fiber-optics. Further, it is understood that the two companies will jointly start testing Long Term Evolution (LTE) services in a number of unnamed Mexican cities later this year, although a commercial launch of the technology is not expected until 2013.