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wolfbln · 10-11-2015, 21:24

Hi. Sure Telcel had to react to the new AT&T Unidos on the horizon. But these prices are a reply mostly to Movistar, which has not been mentioned so far.

In Central America Telcel/Claro is losing ground as they still don't offer good roaming rates for prepaid SIM cards, but only to contracts. Their big competitor is Movistar which has taken the lead there with its "sin fronteras" program- It sells mins, txts and data for the domestic price within all its Central American networks on prepaid as well. Interestingly, Mexico is included from all Central America's networks of Movistar. But this offer is not available the other way in Mexico for Central America.

What the comparison with Telcel in Mexico towards the US is concerned, Movistar is also pushing Telcel. Carlos Slim fears Movistar much more than AT&T Unidos at the moment:
In their 'Bye Roaming' promo http://www.movistar.com.mx/bye-roaming they offer 1 MB roaming data in the US at 0.85 MXP on their regular prepaid Prepago Simple line, while Telcel offers a default rate of 1.98 MXP per MB. That's more than twice as much on their special and complicated tariff "Tarifa Optimo Plus sin frontera".

What roaming packages on prepaid for the US are concerned, the same story:
Telecel offers 'Paquetes Viajero Internacional' for prepaid in Canada and the US: http://www.telcel.com/portal/microsi.../paquetes.html
e.g. 200 MB for 30 days at 459 MXP or 1 GB for 7 days at 899 MXP.
Meanwhile Movistar offers in their "bye al roaming" campaign https://www2.movistar.com.mx/prepago-lg-l70/ roaming packages for Canada and the US: 500 MB for 30 days at 250 MXP and 1 GB for 30 days at 300 MXP. Again almost 50% below Telcel's rates.

I have to say that this battle is won by Movistar for now. But because of the huge market power of Telecel in Mexico (market share: 71%, but falling), this will be hardly recognized.

It would be nice to know on which network Movistar allows roaming in the US as T-Mobile seems to go for Telcel and AT&T has its own plans in Mexico.

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wolfbln (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 206 Join Date: 14 Jul 2014 Country:	10-11-2015, 21:24 Hi. Sure Telcel had to react to the new AT&T Unidos on the horizon. But these prices are a reply mostly to Movistar, which has not been mentioned so far. In Central America Telcel/Claro is losing ground as they still don't offer good roaming rates for prepaid SIM cards, but only to contracts. Their big competitor is Movistar which has taken the lead there with its "sin fronteras" program- It sells mins, txts and data for the domestic price within all its Central American networks on prepaid as well. Interestingly, Mexico is included from all Central America's networks of Movistar. But this offer is not available the other way in Mexico for Central America. What the comparison with Telcel in Mexico towards the US is concerned, Movistar is also pushing Telcel. Carlos Slim fears Movistar much more than AT&T Unidos at the moment: In their 'Bye Roaming' promo http://www.movistar.com.mx/bye-roaming they offer 1 MB roaming data in the US at 0.85 MXP on their regular prepaid Prepago Simple line, while Telcel offers a default rate of 1.98 MXP per MB. That's more than twice as much on their special and complicated tariff "Tarifa Optimo Plus sin frontera". What roaming packages on prepaid for the US are concerned, the same story: Telecel offers 'Paquetes Viajero Internacional' for prepaid in Canada and the US: http://www.telcel.com/portal/microsi.../paquetes.html e.g. 200 MB for 30 days at 459 MXP or 1 GB for 7 days at 899 MXP. Meanwhile Movistar offers in their "bye al roaming" campaign https://www2.movistar.com.mx/prepago-lg-l70/ roaming packages for Canada and the US: 500 MB for 30 days at 250 MXP and 1 GB for 30 days at 300 MXP. Again almost 50% below Telcel's rates. I have to say that this battle is won by Movistar for now. But because of the huge market power of Telecel in Mexico (market share: 71%, but falling), this will be hardly recognized. It would be nice to know on which network Movistar allows roaming in the US as T-Mobile seems to go for Telcel and AT&T has its own plans in Mexico. Last edited by wolfbln; 10-11-2015 at 22:03..