In particular, in 2009 three full-service telecommunication enterprises started to compete, all kinds of anti-competitive interconnection issues are also increasingly acute and prominent.

The current interconnection rate is 43.5% higher than the average in the mostly rich-country OECD; this makes it impossible for other operators to offer competitive tariffs.

If interconnection is not sorted out, rival operators will not be able to provide competitive services-and Mexican consumers will pay higher prices.