Mexico’s telecommunications sector grew 10.7% in the third quarter, according to the Index of Telecommunications Sector Production (Itel) from Cofetel, the country’s telecom regulator. The rate is higher than 2010′s average growth of 10.6%.
Among telecom segments, satellite television registered the greatest growth during the first nine months of the year, at 39%. International long-distance traffic increased 22.9%, while mobile telephony traffic, which is measured in minutes, rose 13.8% compared with the same period in 2010.
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The mobile subscriber base grew 9.9%, climbing to 97.1 million subscribers with the addition of 1.4 million new subscribers in the third quarter. Cofetel attributed the growth to a decrease in interconnections rates. Mobile teledensity reached 86.4 lines per 100 people.
Fixed telephony decreased 0.2%, accounting for a total of 19.7 million in the January-September period. Fixed teledensity was 17.6 lines per 100 inhabitants.
