El Economista reports that Francisco Gil Díaz, the ex finance minister of Mexico, and current president of cell phone provider Telefónica Movistar, has struck against the incumbent fixed line telephone company, Telmex.
By law Telmex cannot provide television services, but Movistar is taking no chances by suggesting that Telmex pay an extra tariff to do so when it becomes privatized. Telmex has naturally objected. The case is now in the hands of the Comisión Intersecretarial de Desincorporación (CID), the body in charge of privatizations in the country, to decide.
Video downloads to cell phones are now available in many markets around the world. Maybe Telmex will counterattack with a tariff proposal of its own.
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