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Senators: Telcel Measure Not Appropiate
 Víctor Mayén - The News
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April 15, 2010
Mexico City – National Action Party (PAN) and Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) senators said on Wednesday that the injunction granted to Telcel is a challenge to the Mexican State.
They said it was inappropriate that Telcel resorted to legal procedures so that the cell phones of its users who did not register with the National Registry of Mobile Users (Renaut) would not be suspended because this is openly violating the law.
Alejandro Zapata Perogordo, president of the Legislative Studies Committee and member of the PAN, condemned Telcel for turning to a judicial alternative to look for an extension. He said that this decision only took into consideration the economic aspect and did not consider the fact that Renaut is a tool that aims to fight kidnapping and extortion.
Tomás Torres Mercado, a member of the Communications and Transportations Commission and PRD senator, said that even though the action of Telcel was legal, the district attorney who granted the extension is “illegitimate” because this decision affects the social interest that constitutes Renaut, which is to protect cell phone user from crimes.
He also said that it was highly impertinent of Telcel to enact a lawsuit.
“It is a challenge to the Mexican state from the carrier. I believe that it was an impertinence from them, an absolute impertinence. After all, it ought to have chosen to sit down and talk things over with the Federal Telecommunications Commission (Cofetel) or with the Interior Secretariat and look for a consensus, an administrative agreement with the Cofetel and not a lawsuit,” he said.
The senators called on Telcel to collaborate with the social effort and to contribute to guaranteeing the peace and security that Mexicans need.
For his part, Héctor Osuna, head of the Cofetel, said that there were an estimated 10,000 to 50,000 cell phones registered under public figures’ names. He also said that these figures are not significant in comparison to the number unauthentic I.D. cards or college diplomas.
Osuna said that they are debating whether Movistar will be sanctioned for not suspending the services of those that did not register with Renaut on time. As long as this carrier is not granted an injunction, it is technically breaking the law.
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