Carlos Slim declared Monday that he has a bad memory of the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) because he did not allow Telmex to offer television, he also said that the company is not preponderant.
“Prepaid television never gave us and the presidents either, it is a service that we do not have in Mexico,” he said at a press conference.
He argued that the regulator, close to disappearing, is not autonomous: “Who was the director of the Federal Telecommunications Institute for? Because to the legal advisor of the Presidency of the Republic ”.
He commented that Telmex has a large installed network, the best broadband fiber and band to give the television service.
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He said that his telephone companies have competed with the American AT&T and the Spanish Telefónica.
Following the telecommunications reform of 2013, the following year the IFT determined as an preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector to companies America Mobile, Telmex, Telnor, Telcel, Grupo Carso, and Grupo Financiero Inbursa.
A preponderant is a company or group of companies that directly or indirectly has a national participation greater than 50% in telecommunications or broadcasting services, according to the IFT.
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