The United States is moving ahead with a World Trade Organization case in a dispute over access to Mexico's telecommunications market. 

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said Wednesday that the United States has decided to revive its request for a WTO dispute settlement panel because efforts to resolve the issue bilaterally had failed. 

The United States alleges that Mexico places unfair restrictions on foreign companies doing business in a market dominated by a single company. It says U.S. telecommunicatiuons carriers are forced to pay inflated charges. 

Mr. Zoellick says Mexico has failed to open its cross-border telecommunications market as required under WTO rules. 

Some information for this report provided by AFP and Reuters. 

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