Urged to set interconnection charges, said Del Villar
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outgoing commissioner, and who return to work at Banco de Mexico (Banxico), said the decisions that create major conflicts in the industry, or are the most controversial, have to do with economic issues as tariffs, and yet, in the main tables Cofetel there is not one economist.
One of the main challenges faced by the Unit is to correct this imbalance, Del Villar said.
was after the arrival of Del Villar to Cofetel, in September 2008, when interconnection charges resolved by this regulatory body were substantially reduced, resulting from models used by him.
In an interview with El Universal, the former commissioner, said he has never been in favor of lower interconnection rates, but to have methodologies and principles to shed those prices.
"I disagree with those who say that have to lower rates, it seems to me wrong because this is not the mandate of the authority. The rates themselves are not subject of my concern, but the methods are correct and are guaranteed, "he said.
Del Villar, whose interconnection models were severely challenged by Telcel and Telefónica said his vision was embodied in the guidelines for the interconnection cost models adopted unanimously Cofetel.
said that in the process of revising the price cap of Telmex for the period 2011-2014, which was responsible, his goal was never the company reduced user fees, but should apply the established methodology. Del Villar
Cofetel reached after winning an injunction against the objection of the Senate on his appointment as commissioner, and had to leave office on May 9, at the conclusion of the period of five years.
Two years earlier, and while the trial was resolved, he served as undersecretary of Communications SCT, reversed position from which Cofetel resolutions regarding interconnection, the first time the dependence annulled these decisions.
Telmex interconnection
Referring to the incursion of Telmex in TV market, an issue to be resolved by the SCT in the coming days, Del Villar said the amendment of the concession title to remove the restriction participate in this segment involves a review of its title. He recalled that the Cofetel has ruled that the company has not complied with some conditions, so even he has sent proposals for sanction Telmex to SCT.
The authority should focus on five policies he said, defining a standard internet interconnection, national roaming scheme, establish infrastructure sharing schemes, unbundle the last mile network of Telmex (the last part of the network reaches the user) to other operators use it, and create a nationwide broadband network in the 2.5 GHz
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