The Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT) of Mexico announced that it plans to make a decision on the merger this week, after having postponed its decision to receive additional documentation and reinforcement of arguments.
The regulator had planned to define last Wednesday the concentration between both companies, which is part of a time when the largest telecommunications operator in Mexico, América Móvil, has requested a permit to enter the television and video market. América Móvil's main rival, AT & T, has also requested permission to distribute video products using 5G technology, which could modify the regulator's calculation.
Similarly, Brazil's competition authority, CADE, approved the merger of the two giants of entertainment with certain conditions when warning of competition risks in pay television markets, particularly (and as could happen in Mexico) in relation to Sports channels such as ESPN and Fox Sports.
Experts estimate that the IFT will decide in favor of this concentration in the first week of March, but with the reservation that Disney also sell assets of Fox Sports and Mexico will be the second Latin American country to endorse the operation.
