The opinion of the Competition Defense Commission will remain, which has already begun to take "testimonial" statements from different representatives of the sector, with "questions that denote knowledge of the case," commented one of the businessmen.
From the Ministry of Modernization they assured that, in addition, before the end of the year a decree will be published that guarantees that companies can share infrastructure, with a view to 2018 in which the same company will be able to offer fixed and mobile services, telecommunications and broadcasting.
Similar cases
CATEL uses the network and infrastructure of Movistar operating as a Virtual Mobile Operator (OMV), to offer cellular telephony in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Santa Fe, La Pampa, Mendoza, Misiones, Chubut, Río Negro and Santa Cruz. In this way, since November, the cooperatives based in the entity can provide comprehensive solutions to their users, adding mobile service to their telephone, broadband and TV offering.
Repercussions
Among the companies that have less than 30,000 clients, the majority fears for their survival, because the power of the "merged" is preceded by the purchasing attitude of Cablevisión in the 90'.
IPlan
In the sector, some companies assure that the merger "does not change our strategy", as the president of IPlan, Pablo Saubidet, stated in dialogue with Télam, to remember that the firm born in the opening of the market and with its own IP network "knows how to compete against the big ones".
Datco
Others consider that this situation "creates an opportunity", as said the head of the Datco group, Horacio Martinez, and there are those who see "a serious risk for survival", especially among the youngest.
Others
A group of SMEs and cooperatives see Telefónica as a "seducer", which now requires small cable companies, something that "would never have happened if Cablevisión did not enter Telecom", indicated an SME with a strong presence in the north.
Updated on: 19/12/2017 00:00:00
