Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones

The IFT Plenary establishes the technical committees for the Local Network Electronic Systems for Management and Unbundling

• IFT issues operational rules for these committees and appoints the Commissioners who will govern them
• IFT approves the Call for the registration of representatives of concessionaires and virtual mobile operators interested in participating in these Technical Committees
• IFT resolves to grant extensions to 34 concession titles to install, operate and exploit a public telecommunications network with coverage in various locations in the country
• IFT approves sanctions and declares the loss of equipment in benefit of the Nation of three broadcasting stations in different bands of the radio spectrum that do not have the concession or required permission.

As reported, the measures imposed on the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector, the Federal Telecommunications Institute (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones, IFT) imposed obligations in terms of effective unbundling of the local network and determined that it must implement electronic management systems, through which the Institute, applicants for concessions and virtual mobile operators can consult remotely, at any time, updated information of the public telecommunications network and perform operations associated with the wholesale fixed and mobile telecommunication services.

In light of this, during the ordinary session held today, IFT Plenary established the creation of the Technical Committee for the effective unbundling of the local network, and two Technical Committees for the definition of Electronic Management Systems; one for mobile telecommunications services, and the other for fixed services. This meets the obligation to establish such committees within a period not exceeding 90 calendar days from the notification of the measures imposed to the preponderant economic agent.

These committees will define various technical aspects regarding the effective unbundling of the local network, such as the implementation schedule, parameters of quality and technical standards that allow the adequate provision of services, not to mention the formats, interfaces, security and encryption mechanisms, database management and all matters related to Electronic Management Systems.

The agreements shall be adopted by unanimity and be formalized by the Institute; if not so, the regulatory body will resolve definitively.

The Plenary issued the Operational Rules for the Technical Committees and appointed the following IFT officers to conform them:

For all committees, the Unit Regulatory Policy holder will be the Deputy Chairman, and the General Director of Economic Regulation will be the Secretary.

The Technical Committees will also be formed by industry representatives, for which the Plenary approved the Call for the registration of public network representatives of the concessionaires of telecommunications and mobile virtual operators interested in participating in such groups, which will be published on the Institute website.

On another note, the IFT approved sanctions and declared the loss of equipment in benefit of the Nation of three broadcasting stations in different bands of the radio spectrum that did not have the concession or required permission.

Two of the stations operated in the AM band frequencies with 710 kHz, 1070 kHz in the city of San Luis Potosí, state of San Luis Potosí. In both cases, the frequencies were related to changes from the AM to FM band and had concluded the right to use the amplitude modulation. A third case refers to the station which operated with the 90.1 MHz frequency on the FM band in Atizapán de Zaragoza, State of Mexico. The resolutions of these issues put an end to the procedures derived from the assurance of goods intended for the operation of the broadcasting stations mentioned above.

On another note, the IFT Plenary decided to grant extensions to 34 concession titles to install operate and exploit a public telecommunications network with coverage in different areas of the country, for a period of 10 years.

The cases are listed below:

With the granting of these extensions, the continuity of the operations and delivery of services in the towns involved is guaranteed, provides legal certainty to the concessionaires which will allow them to plan their investments, and also advances in the relief of administrative records.