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To: John Biddle who wrote (32606)	2/18/2003 10:20:48 PM
From: John Biddle	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 196985

Mexico's Telefonica Moviles to build GSM network Reuters, 02.18.03, 8:28 PM ET forbes.com MEXICO CITY, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Telefonica Moviles, the No. 2 mobile telephone company in Mexico, said on Tuesday it would gradually build a GSM network -- to offer Internet and other data services over wireless telephones in major Mexican cities by the end of the year. Telefonica Moviles, a unit of Spain's Telefonica <TEF.MC>, did not say how much it would invest in the new network. A spokesman for the company said the amount would be made public later this week. The new network will allow Telefonica Moviles, which has 2.2 million clients in Mexico, to better compete with leading Mexican mobile telephone company Telcel, which has 20 million subscribers and has built a GSM network in 70 Mexican cities. Telefonica Moviles' GSM announcement was received positively by telecommunications equipment providers in Mexico, because it gives them a potential new client amid a slow international telecommunications market, in which many companies have delayed launches of planned third-generation networks. The company said its GSM, or Global System for Mobile Communication, network would coexist alongside its CDMA network for conventional mobile telephone voice services. GSM is the world's most popular mobile telephone standard. In a report in January, investment bank UBS Warburg said Telefonica Moviles' strategy to add GSM technology will mean a new threat for America Movil in Mexico. Copyright 2003, Reuters News Service

To: John Biddle who wrote (32606)	2/23/2003 5:08:39 PM
From: John Biddle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196985

Trai likely to seek clarification from WLL players on handset issue business-standard.com Telecom regulator Trai is likely to seek clarification from WLL players following allegations by certain consumer entities that some operators were adopting "unfair trade practices" by forcing consumers to buy overpriced handsets exclusively from them or their own vendors. According to sources in the Trai, the regulator has got some representations from certain sections on the issue and hence a clarification from the concerned players would be required. Earlier this month, Consumer Co-ordination Council, which claims to be the national coalition of 50 consumer organisations, had sought Trai's intervention alleging that some limited mobility operators were forcing customers to buy overpriced handsets exclusively from them or their own vendors. "Some operators of WLL (mobilty) services are harming consumers and competition by forcing customers to buy overpriced handsets exclusively from them or their own vendors. This is a clear case of unfair trade practice," the council had alleged in a letter to Trai. This charge has been countered by WLL players who argue that there is no such restriction imposed on consumers, although handsets brought by consumers would be activated only if they met system specifications of the network after testing. (PTI)