Rippletum: Iusacell was the first wireless play in Mexico and, therefore, the first real challenger to the Telmex monopoly legacy, before Mexican regulators decreed the end of Telmex's LD monopoly, effective, I believe, in 1996--all this in connection with Telmex's NYSE listing and registered IPO in 1994.
I have a couple of friends who work with wireless in Mexican companies and will try to come back to you re. Iusacell's use of CDMA. My uninformed bet is that it might not, unless their system was recently revamped, insofar as Iusacell's system installation goes back to 1994-1995, or so, as I recall. Will confirm that.
Because of management's inefficiency, self dealing and other fiduciary issues, one of the RBOCs (maybe BellSouth) has assumed a management and ownership role. As far as I know, however, you are correct in suggesting that the end of the call recipient co-pay system in Mexico should accelerate wireless growth in Mexico. |
