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03/20/2012 |
TelecoWorld: Mexico
This page: Cellular statistics in Mexico. |
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The figure presents the evolution of public telephony and cellulars in Mexico. (Source: COFETEL)

| Monthly Performance |
| Thousands | Jul/11 |
Aug/11 |
Sep/11 |
Oct/11 |
Nov/11 | Dec/11 | ∆Month |
∆Year |
| Mobile Accesses | 96,199,6 |
96,640,6 |
97,086,2 |
97,436,3 |
96,972,5 | 94,565,3 | (2.5%) | 3.5% |
| Fixed Telephones | 19,649,8 |
19,726,7 |
19,718,9 |
19,749,5 |
19,785,2 | 19,683,9 | (0.51%) | (1.0%) |
| Thousands | Jan/11 |
Feb/11 |
Mar/11 |
Apr/11 |
May/11 |
Jun/11 |
| Mobile Accesses |
92,382,3 |
93,118,6 |
93,710,5 |
94,229,9 |
94,910,3 |
95,724,9 |
| Fixed Telephones | 19,899,0 |
19,896,9 |
19,858,1 |
19,801,7 |
19,815,0 |
19,661,6 |
Soure: Cofetel |
Density |
| Thousands | Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov | Dec |
| Mobile Accesses |
83.5 |
84.1 |
84.7 |
85.1 |
85.8 |
86.5 |
86.9 |
87.3 |
87.7 |
88.0 |
87.6 | 85.4 |
| Fixed Telephones |
18.0 |
18.0 |
17.9 |
17.9 |
17.9 |
17.8 |
17.8 |
17.8 |
17.8 |
17.8 |
17.9 | 17.8 |
Source: Cofetel |
| Annual Performance |
| Thousands | 2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 | 2011 |
∆Year |
| Mobile Accesses | 47,129 | 57,017 | 66,559 | 75,303 | 83,528 | 91,932 | 93,711 |
2.57% |
| Fixed Telephones* | 19,512 | 19,861 | 19,754 | 20,668 | 19,425 | 19,636 | 19,684 |
0.24% |
| Broadband | 1.92 |
3.09 |
4.56 |
7.58 |
9.77 |
11.84 |
- |
- |
| Pay TV | 5,434 | 5,893 | 6,522 | 7,041 | 8,021 | 10,041 | 11,452 |
13.98% |
* Includes Wll
Source: Cofetel.
| Densities /100 inhab. | 2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Mobile Accesses | 46.3 | 55.7 | 64.7 | 70.4 | 77.4 | 81.3 |
83.4 |
| Fixed Telephones* | 18.7 | 18.9 | 18.6 | 19.3 | 18.0 | 17.5 |
17.8 |
| Broadband | 1.8 |
2.9 |
4.3 |
7.0 |
9.0 |
10.5 |
- |
| Pay TV | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 8.9 |
10.2 |
| Source: Cofetel |
A Cofetel published in 11/30/07 the regulation to the implementation of number portability for wireline and mobile telephony. The portability will be implemented by the operators in 165 days.
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Telcel: www.telcel.com Movistar:www.movistar.com.mx Iusacell: www.iusacell.com.mx Unefon: www.unefon.com.mx Maxcom: www.maxcom.com Nextel: www.nextelinternational.com |
Mobile Telephony
Operational Performance
| Annual Performance |
| Thousands | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
2011 |
∆Year |
| Cellulars | 47,129 | 57,017 | 66,559 | 75,303 | 83,528 | 91,936 |
93,711 |
2.57% |
| Cell./100 inhab. | 46.3 | 55.7 | 64.7 | 70.4 | 77.4 | 81.3 |
83.4 |
- |
| Source: Cofetel |
| Mobile Operators |
| Annual Performance |
| Thousands | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | ∆Year |
| Telcel | 50,011 | 56,371 | 59,167 | 64,138 | 65,678 | 2.4% |
| Movistar | 12,538 | 15,331 | 17,401 | 19,662 | 19,742 | 0.4% |
| Iusacell (Salinas)* | 4,000 | 3,507* | 3,595 | 3,907 | 4,219 | 8.0% |
| Nextel | - | - | 2,987 | 3,361 | 3,695 | 9.9% |
| Maxcom | 4.3 | 57.6 | 50.3 | 42.0 | 30.0 | (29.2%) |
Note: The total presented by Cofetel is bigger than what was reported by the operators due to the differences of criteria adopted about disconnection, mainly about prepaid cellulars. * Controlled by Salinas Gourp that includes Unefon. |
| Iusacell and Unefon, are controlled by Ricardo B. Salinas (Salinas Group). |
| Economic and Financial Performance |
| Annual Performance |
| Net Revenue |
| Million Mexican Pesos | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
2011 |
∆Year |
| Telcel | 127,027 | 135,278 | 127,854 | 140,969 |
152,696 |
8.3% |
| Movistar | 23,002 | 31,197 | 29,224 | 30,019 |
26,453 |
(11.9%) |
| Nextel | 19,571 | 29,459 | 24,352 | 26,138 |
31,374 |
20.03% |
| Iusacell* | 10,274 | 11,090 | 11,145 | - |
- |
- |
| Total | 160,303 | 177,565 | 182,731 | 197,126 |
210,523 |
6.8% |
| Total Revenue in US$ | 14,680 | 12,858 | 13,970 | 15,071 |
15,091 |
0.01% |
* Controlada pelo Grupo Salinas que Inclui a Unefon |
Fixed Telephony, Broadband and Pay TV
| Annual Operational Performance |
| Thousands | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
2011 |
∆Year |
| Fixed Telephones* | 19,512 | 19,861 | 19,754 | 20,668 | 19,425 | 19,636 |
19,684 |
0.24% |
| Brpadband | 1.92 |
3.09 |
4.56 |
7.58 |
9.77 |
11.84 |
- |
21.2% |
| Pay TV | 5,434 | 5,893 | 6,448 | 7,041 | 8,021 | 10,048 |
11,452 |
13.98% |
| Source: Cofetel *includes WLL |
| Densities |
| /100 inhab. | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
2011 |
| Fixed Telephones* | 18.7 | 18.9 | 18.6 | 19.3 | 18.0 | 17.4 |
17.80 |
| Brpadband | 1.84 |
2.93 |
4.30 |
7.07 |
9.05 |
10.54 |
- |
| Pay TV | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 8.9 |
10.2 |
| Source: Cofetel *includes WLL |
| Fixed Telephony Operators |
| Annual Performance |
| Thousands | 2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
∆Year |
| Telmex | 17.800 |
17.589 |
15.882 |
15.591 |
14,814 |
(5.0%) |
| Maxcom | 332 |
365 |
371 |
373 |
362 |
(2.9%) |
| Cablevision | 9 |
54 |
134 |
190 |
251 |
31.8% |
| Axtel | 932 |
935 |
962 |
1.043 |
- |
8.4% |
| Source: Operators |
| Broadband Operators |
| Annual Performance |
| Thousands | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
2011 | ∆Year |
| Telmex | 2,925 | 5,010 | 6,524 | 7,359 |
7,952 | 8.1% |
| Maxcom | 18.3 | 32.8 | 61.7 | 91.1 |
107 | 17.4% |
| Source: Operators |
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Telmex:www.telmex.com Maxcom: www.maxcom.com |
| Pay TV Operators |
| Annual Performance |
| Thousands | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | ∆Year |
| Maxcom | 5.99 | 18.44 | 30.37 | 49.71 | 56 | 13.0% |
| Sky Mexico | 1,600 | 1,760 | 1,960 | 3,040 | 4,004 | 37.1% |
| Source: Operator |
Other pay TV operators are: Telecable and Cablevision. |
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Maxcom: www.maxcom.com Sky: www.sky.com.mx Telecable:www.telecable.net.mx Cablevision: www.cablevision.net.mx |
| Social and Economics Indicators |
| - | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ∆Year |
| GDP (US$ billions) |
849 |
952 |
1,035 |
1,096 |
882 |
1,039 |
17.8% |
| GDP per capita (US$) |
8,163 |
9,077 |
9,786 |
10,270 |
8,203 |
9,566 |
16.6% |
| Annual Inflation (%) | 4.0 |
3.6 |
4.0 |
5.1 |
5.3 |
4.2 |
- |
Source: FMI - World Economic Outlook Database, April 2011 |





