MEXICO that has come at the bottom of rankings made by the OECD on the telecom sector has been advised to pull up its socks and make efforts to boost up competition in the telecommunication sector. The OECD has suggested the country to change its laws in order to enhance economic growth throughout the economy.

The present system permits firms to file endless number of injunctions to delay or prevent new regulations coming into effect. This should be immediately scrapped and regulators' decisions should remain in force until the appeals process is finished, stressed the report. OECD has advised that the appeal process should be streamlined and the government and regulator made responsible for policy making and regulation, not the judiciary. The report has also said that Cofetel, the regulatory authority, should be given more power by the Mexican government and regulatory procedures simplified.