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Controversy over the broadcast of the Olympic Games on Uno TV

The Institute of Telecommunications Law (IDET) regrets the lack of action by the regulator regarding the alleged violation of the concession title that Telmex incurs with the transmission of the Olympic Games through Uno TV.

In the opinion of the Institute of Telecommunications Law (IDET), the Mexican Federal Telecommunications Commission (COFETEL) must rule on the alleged violation of the concession title incurred by Telefonos de México (Telmex) with the transmission of the London 2012 Olympic Games through its Internet channel UnoTV.

In his opinion, the service offered by Telmex “clearly falls within the prohibition referred to in condition 1.9” of the company's concession title.

This is because it is a service consisting of television signals that are distributed from one point to several simultaneously, for which the technology or type of network used for this purpose is not relevant, he explained.

The IDET "regrets the lack of action by the COFETEL Plenary in relation to the violation incurred by Telefonos de México by offering video services, expressly prohibited in its concession title, through the service called UnoTV."

In October of last year, within the framework of the Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Telmex's director of corporate communications, Arturo Elías Ayub, denied that the company violates its concession title with the transmissions, since it is not a television service, but rather a signal via the Internet.

Carlos Slim Domit, president of the board of directors of Telmex, defended last April the programming services that the telephone company provides through its Internet channel Uno TV, considering that people should have the freedom to access the content that exists on the network.

For the IDET, before thinking about freeing the telephone company from the restriction to offer video services, the authorities must find a way to effectively regulate the substantial power of Telmex, since doing it the other way around will condemn not only the telecommunications sector but the country to development below its true potential.

By, Jul 31, 2012, Section:IP, Business, Featured PA (Main) AM

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