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Mexico’s elaborate open-access telecoms scheme struggles to take off
The Mexican government obtained a constitutional change in 2013 to enable it to promote competition in telecommunications.
5 March 2018
The Mexican government obtained a constitutional change in 2013 to enable it to promote competition in telecommunications.
In 2010, the Russian government gave mobile-network operator Yota the first licence to offer a fourth-generation (so-called “LTE” or long-term evolution) mobile broadband service at wholesale level.
The draft Amendments propose a new Regulation that would oblige licensees to provide prepaid data bundles with a minimum expiry period of three years.
Raising VAT from 14% to 15% is going to disproportionately affect the poorest and most vulnerable members of society and plunge them into deeper levels of poverty.
Cost of data is an emotive subject. This is a critically important week for all users. Media and consumers should take note.