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For Official Use DSTI/CDEP/CISP(2017)2 Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 12-May-2017 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________ English - Or. English DIRECTORATE FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE ON DIGITAL ECONOMY POLICY Use Official For DSTI/CDEP/CISP(2017)2 Cancels & replaces the same document of 05 May 2017 Working Party on Communication Infrastructures and Services Policy DRAFT OECD REVIEW OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM IN MEXICO 16-17 May 2017 This version has format and typographical edits, but does not change the substance. The draft report is on the implementation of telecommunication policy and regulatory reform in Mexico, since the OECD review in 2012. It also covers developments in the broadcasting field in that country. It includes recommendations on how Mexico could further improve their policy and regulatory framework. Delegates are invited to note that this draft report will be revised following the meeting to incorporate comments and relevant additional information and updated data from Mexico. In addition, the draft will be edited to reduce its size. Action(s): Following presentations of the report by the Secretariat and Mexican officials, as well as questions by the lead reviewers, the Committee and the Working Party are invited to question the delegation from Mexico on its policy and regulatory framework and to provide their views to Mexico on how to improve it. Delegates are invited to submit written comments on the draft review by 29 May 2017. Following the incorporation of all comments and updates the Secretariat will submit the document for publication under the responsibility of the Secretary-General. Mr. Sam Paltridge: Tel: +33 1 45 24 93 79 ; E-mail: [email protected] Ms. Verena Weber : Tel : + 33 1 45 24 87 97 ; E-mail: [email protected] Ms. Lorrayne Porciuncula, Tel: +33 1 45 24 96 42 ; E-mail : [email protected] English JT03414089 Complete document available on OLIS in its original format - This document, as well as any data and map included herein, are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the Or. English delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. DSTI/CDEP/CISP(2017)2 TABLE OF CONTENTS OECD REVIEW OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM IN MEXICO ................................................ 5 Recalling the 2012 OECD Review .............................................................................................................. 5 Context of the 2012 OECD review and the telecommunication and broadcasting reform ...................... 5 2017 review .............................................................................................................................................. 6 Summary of the main recommendations of the 2012 review ................................................................... 6 The 2013 Reform and measures implemented following the 2012 OECD recommendations .................. 11 Assessment and recommendations for the future ...................................................................................... 14 Strengths of the reformed constitutional, legal and regulatory framework ............................................ 14 Recommendations .................................................................................................................................. 17 Market developments in the telecommunication and broadcasting sectors ............................................... 45 The telecommunication and broadcasting sectors within the national economic context ...................... 45 Developments in Telecommunication .................................................................................................... 51 Developments in Broadcasting and pay-TV........................................................................................... 61 Developments in Convergence ............................................................................................................... 72 Regulatory structures and their reform in Mexico: Changes to the legal framework ................................ 77 The regulatory regime ............................................................................................................................ 77 Essential inputs ..................................................................................................................................... 100 Institutional framework ........................................................................................................................ 114 Review of Telecommunication Policy and Regulation in Mexico .......................................................... 126 Wholesale regulation ............................................................................................................................ 126 Retail regulation ................................................................................................................................... 142 Concessions and spectrum management .............................................................................................. 145 Developments on Internet traffic exchange and network interconnection ........................................... 151 Policies and programmes towards increasing access and usage of ICTs ............................................. 152 Quality of service ................................................................................................................................. 162 International aspects ............................................................................................................................. 164 Digital inclusion strategy ..................................................................................................................... 166 Consumer protection and empowerment .............................................................................................. 173 Competition aspects and competition policy enforcement ................................................................... 178 IFT review of the effectiveness of the preponderance measures (2017) .............................................. 200 Review of Broadcasting Policy and Regulation in Mexico ..................................................................... 205 Regulations and related policy instruments in the broadcasting sector ................................................ 205 Digital terrestrial television (DTT) transition....................................................................................... 207 Wholesale regulation ............................................................................................................................ 210 Quality of service/ Consumer Protection ............................................................................................. 213 International aspects ............................................................................................................................. 214 Audiovisual content regulation ............................................................................................................ 215 Network Neutrality and IPTV .............................................................................................................. 216 ANNEX 1: STATE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2012 OECD RECOMMENDATIONS .............. 218 NOTES ........................................................................................................................................................ 231 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................................ 240 2 DSTI/CDEP/CISP(2017)2 Tables Table 1. OECD Recommendations from the 2012 Review ................................................................. 10 Table 2. State of Implementation of the 2012 OECD Recommendations ........................................... 12 Table 3. Overview of key market participants ..................................................................................... 56 Table 4. Overview of annual spectrum fees ...................................................................................... 147 Table 5. The Red Compartida Milestones ......................................................................................... 161 Table 6. Revenues from the IEPS on telecommunication services (2010- Sept 2016) ..................... 172 Table 7. Sample of Investigations in which the Board Rejected the AI’s Findings .......................... 185 Figures Figure 1. Developments of the Mexican telecommunication and broadcasting sectors ....................... 46 Figure 2. The evolution of the consumer price index and communication indices in Mexico ............. 47 Figure 3. Overview of annual spectrum fees ........................................................................................ 48 Figure 4. Trends in mobile broadband prices in Mexico compared to the OECD average .................. 48 Figure 5. Trends in fixed broadband prices in Mexico ......................................................................... 49 Figure 6. Foreign Direct Investment by Sector, 2015 ........................................................................... 50 Figure 7. Telecommunications investment per capita,