Overview
- The Autoridad Nacional de la Competencia’s Tribunal de Defensa de la Competencia approved the merger only if Telecom cedes 6 million mobile customers with associated infrastructure to a new operator.
- Regulators also ordered Telecom to return 130 MHz of radio spectrum, including an immediate 60 MHz nationwide reinstatement, and to transfer fixed‑broadband customers where the merged firm would exceed 50% retail share.
- The decision requires Telecom to grant the buyer two years of access to its network, spectrum, systems and interconnection terms to maintain service while the purchaser builds its own capacity.
- Telecom called the remedies excessive, said it had offered smaller divestments and is reviewing legal and administrative options, leaving the choice of buyers and the timing of transfers unresolved.
- The sale was first announced on Feb. 25, 2025, and regulators say the imposed measures follow ENACOM’s technical report after a long review aimed at preventing a dominant single provider from controlling most telecom services.