TV bundles drive telecom revenue in Mexico
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Juan Fernandez Gonzalez
| 27 June 2017

Pay-TV income has rocketed in Mexico, driven by increasing convergent and bundled packages.

According to figures published by The Competitive Intelligence Unit (CIU), Mexican telcos invoiced over $25 billion in 2016, up 3.3% growth compared to 2015.

Pay-TV - which represents almost 18% of the telecom market in the country - invoiced $4.5 billion, 18.5% more than a year before, “due to growing subscriptions of video and bundled services which included pay-TV, Internet and voice,” said The CIU.

The Mexican pay-TV sector saw great growth in 2016, ending Q4 with over 21 million subscribers, strengthening its position as Latin America’s leading market.

Fixed telecoms, including telephone and broadband, which represent 27.1% of the whole market, also saw growth, invoicing $6.85 billion, up 1% year-on-year.

As for mobile telecoms, revenues remained almost flat during the year, up by only 0.3% and nearing $14 billion. Mobile still represents over half the total market in terms of income.