Thursday, 02 February 2012
Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission (CFC) has blocked the merger of mobile phone company Grupo Iusacell and media company Televisa.
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Mexican mobile company Grupo Iusacell has expressed concern that the country’s Federal Competition Commission (CFC) will reject its planned tie-up with media company Televisa, warning that doing so would mean the loss of a valuable chance to challenge dominant telecoms company Telmex.
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Antitrust agency heads from the US, Canada and Mexico met in New York on Monday to discuss policy issues and cement co-operation between the four authorities
Wednesday, 02 November 2011
Mexico’s three largest mobile phone companies are dominant in the market for completing calls, according to the country’s Competition Commission. The ruling means the companies could come under increased regulation by Mexico’s telecommunications body.
Friday, 16 September 2011
Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission has cleared the bottling joint venture between drinks companies PepsiCo, Grupo Embotelladoras Unidas (Geupec) and Empresas Polar.
Monday, 05 September 2011
Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission (CFC) has confirmed its earlier findings that telecoms heavy weight Telmex is dominant in the market for fixed line phone calls.
Tuesday, 02 August 2011
Mexican telecommunications company América Móvil has made a US$6.5 billion offer to buy the remaining shares of rival Telmex. América Móvil already owns 60 per cent of Telmex, the country’s fixed line market leader.
Monday, 18 July 2011
Featured In: July 2011 (Vol. 14 Iss. 5)
Reforms to Mexico’s Federal Economic Competition Law have criminalised antitrust violations and allowed for the imposition of much greater fines. But critics question whether the country is ready for such draconian measures. Emiliano Mellino asks Willliam Blumenthal what to expect from the new law. Blumenthal chairs the US antitrust group at Clifford Chance LLP and is a former general counsel at the US Federal Trade Commission. He works closely with the International Competition Network, the OECD and the international and US Chambers of Commerce
Tuesday, 05 July 2011
Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission (CFC) says that its president, Eduardo Perez Motta, is not allowed to vote on a challenge by América Móvil against a US$1 billion abuse of dominance fine.
Monday, 16 May 2011
Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission now has the power to impose criminal sanctions for hard-core cartel offences, following reforms to the country’s competition law last week.
Tuesday, 03 May 2011
GCR speaks to the head of Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission (CFC) about América Móvil’s claims of unfair treatment and what the country’s competition law reforms mean to him.
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
América Móvil will challenge the reasoning behind a record US$1 billion fine Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission (FCC) levied against it for abuse of dominance in the market for call termination rates.
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission (FCC) has fined the mobile telephone arm of América Móvil, Telcel, 12 billion pesos (US$1.03 billion) for abusing its dominance on call termination charges.
Monday, 18 April 2011
Mexico’s lower house of Congress has approved amendments to the country’s competition law that would beef up its capacity to sanction behavioural violations.
Thursday, 31 March 2011
The Federal Circuit Tribunals on Administrative Matters has allowed two of Mexico’s three largest railway concessions to merge, quashing objections from Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission.
Back to top
