World Surveillance Group Inc (fka WSGI)

[Japbrat]

Ciudad Juarez, State of Chihuahua, just accross the border from San Antonio, Texas, is where I believe the network is being rolled out (public phone licence only - I think we heard of this before, when discussing why GTEM was having to provide I don't know how many phone booths in a city in return for a permit), and it also looks like GTEM is going SOLO at it, although I cannot confirm that either PVN or Marcatel are completely out of it at this moment. It is also NorthWEST of Mexico City, as in the Northeast there are only 2 or 3 major cities (Matamorros and Tampico, the rest are mostly towns before you fall off into the Gulf - IMO Can't even get their PRs right!!). It also appears that GTEM's Mexican Lawyer and 1% owner of GTEM's Mexican outfit is (My educated guess, FWIW):

Mr. Juan Carlos Orrantia Salazar
Globetel, S.A. de C.V.

Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
e-mail: none listed
Address:
Av. De la Raza N° 5020-4,
Colonia Villa del Norte,
C.P. 32360,
Cd. Juárez, Chih.

There are two more Cos. in Mexico with very similar names, but I believe one is related to the Burnaby, Canada outfit and the other one is unrelated, as follows:

Global Communications Network de México, S.A. de C.V. Richard K., Lorden B.
52777784
Tamaulipas N° 150-1702,
Colonia Hipódromo Condesa, C.P. 06140,
México, D.F.

and

Global Telecomunicaciones, S.A. de C.V.
Oscar Fernando Castillo Villanueva y/o Gustavo Eduardo Castillo Sahagún
(43) 140316/158549
Batalla de la Angostura N° 457-6,
Colonia Chapultepec Sur, C.P. 58260,
Morelia, Michoacán

I am currently at work and do not at this moment have time to dig any deeper, but for those who wish to do so, please visit the following sites:

http://www.cft.gob.mx/wb2/COFETEL/COFE_Concesionarios_permisionarios_y_reg

This page lists all the telecom concessionaires, permit holders and registrations in all of Mexico, as per COFETEL

http://www.cft.gob.mx/wb2/COFETEL/COFE_Permisionarios_Permisionario_del_servicio_d

And the above site is where all 3 cos I mentioned above can be found.

If GTEM is also registered to be a ISP in Mexico it should be listed under "Padrón de ISPs Vigentes por Estado" on the COFETEL site. However, for some odd reason, I cannot open that page at this moment.

JapBrat