Telefonica's Purchase Declared Unacceptable Again

The Superintendence of Competition of El Salvador once again declared "inadmissible the request for authorization of economic concentration presented by América Móvil, which would consist of the acquisition of the share capital necessary to control Telefónica's operations."

Thursday, September 12, 2019

Once again, the purchase of the telephone company in El Salvador is declared inadmissible, since at the end of May, the authorities informed that they also declared "inadmissible the request for economic concentration presented by América Móvil S.A.B. de C.V., last March 5 of this year."

See "Authorization to Acquire Telefónica Requested

From the Superintendence of Competition statement:

September 11, 2019. The SC declared inadmissible the request for authorization of economic concentration presented by América Móvil, which would consist of the acquisition of the share capital necessary to control Telefónica's operations in El Salvador. The resolution of inadmissibility was issued by the Superintendent of Competition on Monday, August 26 and the economic agents involved were notified on Wednesday, August 28.

América Móvil filed this second request for authorization on Thursday, June 27, 2019. From that date, the SC began the evaluation of the documentation presented to assess the admissibility of the request or the need for more information from the companies involved to learn about the operation, all within the framework of what the Competition Law (LC) - articles 31 to 36 - and its Regulations - articles 18 to 32 - determine, as well as the provisions of the Law of Administrative Procedures (LPA).

In a detailed review of the extensive documentation submitted, on Monday, July 22, the SC notified América Móvil of a prevention measure, warning of the need to complete certain information necessary to know the substance of the proposed operation and required in accordance with the powers provided by law.  The Superintendence acts in accordance with the Competition Law, which establishes the requirements for all requests for authorization of economic concentration, specifically in article 33 and article 25 of its regulations; additionally, the LC provides the authority to request any other additional information that may be necessary to know about the transaction, on a case-by-case basis.

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