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09-10-2013, 10:30 PM
http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/skDjJb2uhs2Q8_esTRlIYg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-09-11T023303Z_2_CBRE98A06IL00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-MEXICO-TELECOMS.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/mexicos-senate-oks-members-telecoms-regulator-022043809--business.html)MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Senate on Tuesday approved seven nominees to head a new telecommunications regulator created by a sweeping sector overhaul that seeks to boost competition and tame billionaire Carlos Slim. The regulator, known as Ifetel, will replace a weaker regulatory agency and have new powers to police a telecommunications market dominated by Slim's America Movil and Televisa. America Movil controls some 80 percent of the fixed line business in Mexico and about 70 percent of its cell phone market. Televisa has more than 60 percent of the TV market. ...



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