AT&T and América Móvil Warn that Expensive Spectrum Discourages Investments
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Mobile phone companies, such as AT&T and Telcel, must pay the Mexican government for their radio spectrum, which is very expensive—the most expensive in Latin America. Executives from both companies, speaking at GSMA M360 Latam 2026, were clear: the spectrum costs have discouraged investment in network deployment and expansion. Mónica Aspe, CEO of AT&T, was unequivocal: spectrum is the biggest obstacle hindering the investment cycle and growth o…
The Mexican telecommunications market records a “brutal shortage” of radio spectrum in the hands of mobile operators and at a very high cost, a subject that has become a bigger ballast for the investment cycle, said Mónia Aspe, director general of AT&T Mexico. “In Mexico the issue of spectrum is the biggest ballast for the investment cycle; today we have less spectrum assigned than we had six or eight years ago,” and that is because it is expens…
América Móvil and AT&T, the largest telecommunications operators in the country, agreed that the cost of radio spectrum must decrease to encourage investment in the sector in Mexico. In the case of Mexico, the issue of spectrum is really the biggest ballast on the investment and growth cycle of this industry,” said Mónica Aspe, CEO of AT&T, within the framework of the GSMA M360 LATAM 2026. The directive added that there is less spectrum assigned…
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