Mexico government telecom bill undermines watchdog: opposition

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http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BfrIrAG4BvEWEf7qUWD5Cg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-03-25T211700Z_1_CBREA2O1N4J00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-MEXICO-REFORMS-TELECOMUNICATIONS.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/mexico-government-telecom-bill-undermines-watchdog-opposition-211700522--sector.html)By Gabriel Stargardter and Tomas Sarmiento MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's opposition said on Tuesday a government telecom bill undermines a new watchdog by keeping key regulatory powers in the executive's hands, in a spat that could stall the passage of rules aimed at curbing cell phone mogul Carlos Slim and fellow tycoon Emilio Azcarraga's TV group Televisa. Mexico's government on Monday sent to the Senate the fine print of its proposal to overhaul deeply uncompetitive phone and TV industries, whose high prices and patchy service are seen by many as a drag on growth. The bill includes details on the implementation of a constitutional reform approved last year, giving a new regulator wide-reaching powers to police the operations of dominant market players like Slim's America Movil and Televisa, right down to their prices and discounts. However, Mexico's two main opposition parties, the conservative National Action Party (PAN) and the leftist Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), have been disappointed by the so-called secondary legislation presented by the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).



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