Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones

Mexico will occupy the committee vice-presidency for information, computer and communications policy Bureau of the OECD

• The IFT Commissioner, Mario Fromow Rangel was elected to carry out the position in representation of the country
• This appointment strengthens the leadership of the country and will contribute to position IFT internationally

Mexico, through Commissioner Mario Germán Fromow Rangel, was elected today by Organization for the Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries to occupy one of the Vice-presidencies of the Committee for Information, Computer and Communications Policy (ICCP) of this international body for 2014.

The Bureau will be integrated by nine officials: a president, who in this case will be from Danish government and eight vice-presidents of Norway, United Kingdom, Korea, the United States of America, Japan, Switzerland, Italy and Mexico governments.

The ICCP is responsible to promote public policy and regulation required for the expansion of Internet and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) such as innovation force, productivity, growth, sustainable development and social welfare, as well as to fortify the cooperation between the member countries in this field and, in their case, between the member and nonmember countries.

This Committee develops principles and guidelines for the definition of public policy and regulation regarding:

• To support innovation, investment and competition in ICT and areas in all fields of economy and society, as well as to encourage the creativity in the development and use of Internet and ICT.

• To facilitate digital networks, devices, applications and services convergence, as well as to promote the universal access to networks and ICT.

• Contribute to the sturdiness and security of networks and information systems fortification, as well as the protection of privacy to improve the confidence in the use of Internet and ICT.

• Promote the interchange of experiences between member countries in areas of information, computers and communications policy, including the development of indicators to measure the advances in the information society.

The ICCP is made up of four working groups: infrastructure policy and communications services, information economy, information security and privacy and indicators for the Information Society.

This Committee is in charge, among other aspects, to carry out works for the biennial publication

“OECD Communications Outlook”, which provides an ample range of various telecommunications networks development indicators and compares performance indicators such as incomes, investments, uses and prices of the services in the OECD member countries.

With this appointment to Commissioner Fromow Rangel, the presence and leadership of the country is strengthened, as well as it will contribute to position IFT onto the international scope.