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  • Mexico slammed for phone rates

    04/18/2007 8:03:34 AM PDT · by LNewman · 64 replies · 1,030+ views
    LA Times Blogs (La Plaza) ^ | April 13, 2007 | Marla Dickerson
    The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative this week released its yearly review of telecom agreements negotiated with trading partners. In what is becoming an annual ritual, American officials once again reserved special criticism for Mexico's telecom market. USTR is upset about a new system for terminating international long distance calls to Mexico that shifts all the costs to U.S. callers. But what really has them steamed is that Mexico's carriers negotiated interconnection rates even higher than those recommended by the Mexico's Federal Telecommunications Commission, known as COFETEL. The upshot is that U.S. carriers will end up paying $124 million...