RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE S/NGBT/W/12/Add.5
13September 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-2649)
Original: Spanish Negotiating Group onBasic Telecommunications
COMMUNICATION FROM MEXICO
Draft Offer onBasic Telecommunications
TheattachedcommunicationiscirculatedattherequestofMexicotomembersoftheNegotiating
Group onBasic Telecommunications.
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Inconformity withthecommitments undertaken inthecontext ofthework oftheNegotiating
Group onBasic Telecommunications, attached isMexico 'sdraftconditional offer inthissector.
Mexico reserves theright tomake technical changes, modify orreduce itsoffer depending
ontheinitial commitments byother participants.S/NGBT/W/12/Add.5
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Modes ofsupply: (1)Cross-border supply (2)Consumption abroad (3)Commercial presence (4)Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orSubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
2.C Telecommunications
services
a. Public telephone services:
wire-based (CPC 7521) and
analogue/digital mobile
cellular networks and
services (CPC 75213)
-Long distance
-International service(1) By-pass isnotpermitted
(2) By-pass isnotpermitted
(3) Aconcession from theMinistry
ofCommunications and
Transport (SCT) isrequired1.
Only Mexican enterprises may
obtain suchconcessions.(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(i) National andinternational long-
distance services aresupplied
exclusively bythetwo
enterprises authorized tooperate
voice services untilAugust 1996.
1Only Mexican nationals bybirthorMexican legal persons mayobtain concessions orpermits. AMexican legal person isanenterprise established according toMexican
law.S/NGBT/W/12/Add.5
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Modes ofsupply: (1)Cross-border supply (2)Consumption abroad (3)Commercial presence (4)Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orSubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
Aconcession1toprovide long-
distance telephone services will
begranted toanadditional
supplier ofservices asfrom 1
January 1997.
Foreign investment onlyupto
20percentinanenterprise
established ortobeestablished in
Mexico.
(ii) Twosuppliers authorized ineach
region (9regions). Foreign
investors maydirectly or
indirectly acquire upto30per
centofshares inanenterprise
established ortobeestablished in
Mexico inorder tosupply
cellular telephone services.
(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section.(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section.
b. Packet-switched data
transmission services
(CPC 7523**), and(1) By-pass isnotpermitted
(2) By-pass isnotpermitted(1) None
(2) None
c. Circuit-switched data
transmission services
(CPC 7523**)(3) Aconcession from theSCTis
required1.Foreign investment
onlyupto20percentinan
enterprise established ortobe
established inMexico.(3) NoneS/NGBT/W/12/Add.5
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Modes ofsupply: (1)Cross-border supply (2)Consumption abroad (3)Commercial presence (4)Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orSubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
(4) Unbound, except asindicted in
thehorizontal section.(4) Unbound, except asindicted in
thehorizontal section.
f. Facsimile services
(CPC 7521** and(7529**)(1) By-pass isnotpermitted
(2) By-pass isnotpermitted
(3) Apermit issued bytheSCTis
required inorder toprovide a
public facsimile service1(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound, except asindicted in
thehorizontal section.(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section.
g. Private leased circuit
services
(CPC 7522** and7523**)(1) By-pass isnotpermitted
(2) By-pass isnotpermitted
(3) Operators ofprivate networks
maysupply commercial services
using theirowninfrastructure. A
concession from theSCTis
required1.
(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section.(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section.