Iusacell Urges Phone Regulator to Curb America Movil’s Dominance

Grupo Iusacell, a phone operator co-owned by Ricardo Salinas and Grupo Televisa SAB, asked Mexico’s regulator to impose new rules to rein in America Movil’s dominance in the market.

Iusacell, which controls less than 10 percent of Mexico’s wireless industry, called for laws to regulate how America Movil shares its infrastructure for landlines and mobile phones and restrict what it charges other carriers to make calls across its networks, according to a document sent to the regulator, a copy of which was obtained by Bloomberg News. Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute identified America Movil and Grupo Televisa -- a pay TV provider -- as dominant companies in a preliminary finding in December, its first legal step in developing tighter regulation to make those markets more competitive. America Movil, controlled by billionaire Carlos Slim, has about 70 percent of the country’s mobile-phone customers and 80 percent of its landlines.