Mexican judge orders cancellation of Nextel’s 1700MHZ licence

A Mexican judge has reportedly ordered the Secretario de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) to revoke the mobile concession awarded to Nextel de Mexico in October 2010, according to the European Pressphoto Agency. As noted in TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database, in June 2010 it was announced that a joint venture between Nextel and Mexican media giant Televisa had successfully bid MXN48.3 million (USD3.82 million) for one 10MHz block of 1900MHz spectrum, and later that same month the duo emerged as the sole bidder for the nationwide concession in 1700MHz spectrum auction, offering the minimum bid of MXN180.3 million for 30MHz in each of the country’s nine mobile operating regions. Political pressure to overturn the result quickly emerged however, with calls for the Comision Federal de Telecomunicaciones (Cofetel) to reject Televisa and Nextel’s bid, but the regulator formally announced the closure of the auctions in August 2010, with the Televisa/Nextel JV given 45 days to make full payment for its concessions

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OVETEL Mexican judge orders cancellation of Nextel’s 1700MHZ licence