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Mexico’s Supreme Court Upholds Telecom Infrastructure‑Sharing Mandate

The court rejected a Televisa affiliate’s challenge, cementing the IFT framework intended to spur competition.

Overview

  • The Supreme Court denied Televimex’s amparo in review 10/2025, confirming that concessionaires must share network infrastructure under Article 139 of the Federal Telecommunications and Broadcasting Law and the IFT’s Lineamientos.
  • Justice Lenia Batres authored the opinion, which La Jornada reported was approved unanimously, and the case was returned to a collegiate court for remaining legality issues.
  • The justices held that the sharing requirement serves the social interest by improving competition, coverage and service quality without constituting a deprivation of private property.
  • The dispute stems from the 2014 reform that imposed infrastructure‑sharing obligations on preponderant firms to reduce market concentration.
  • In the same session, the Court upheld a roughly 7,900‑peso fine against Primero Empresa Minera tied to a multibillion‑peso tax dispute and validated rules allowing loss of trademark registration to protect consumers.