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El Pleno del IFT aprueba el establecimiento del Sistema Electrónico de Solicitudes de Interconexión

• Se implementará una herramienta informática a través de la cual los concesionarios tramitarán entre sí las solicitudes de suscripción de convenios de interconexión de sus redes, sus modificaciones o las solicitudes para acordar nuevas condiciones de interconexión.
• Autorizó 34 solicitudes para la transmisión de acciones del capital social de estaciones de radiodifusión sonora que operan en distintas localidades del país.

En sesión extraordinaria, el Pleno del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT) acordó establecer el sistema electrónico de solicitudes de interconexión, a través del cual los concesionarios tramitarán entre sí sus solicitudes de suscripción de convenios de interconexión, sus modificaciones o las solicitudes para acordar nuevas condiciones de interconexión, de manera más ágil y de forma remota, de conformidad con lo previsto en el artículo 129 de la Ley Federal de Telecomunicaciones y Radiodifusión.

Dicha herramienta informática, que estará disponible en la página de internet del Instituto, se establece tanto para los concesionarios que operen redes públicas de telecomunicaciones interesados en interconectarse con otras redes mediante la suscripción del convenio correspondiente, así como para aquellos concesionarios cuyas redes se encuentren interconectadas y que al concluir la vigencia de sus convenios, requieran nuevas condiciones de interconexión con sus contrapartes, o bien, para aquellos casos en los cuales algún concesionario haya ofrecido mejores condiciones a un tercero, o las que resulten de disposiciones jurídicas aplicables.

Como se informó oportunamente, estuvo a disposición de los interesados una versión de prueba del sistema electrónico de solicitudes de interconexión, al tiempo que el anteproyecto del Acuerdo se sometió a consulta pública durante un periodo de 20 días hábiles, por lo que del 9 de octubre al 6 de noviembre de 2014, se recibieron opiniones y comentarios que enriquecieron el documento.

De esta forma, el Pleno del IFT aprobó una modificación al proyecto, resultado de las aportaciones recibidas en dicho ejercicio de participación ciudadana, consistente en que las solicitudes de interconexión podrán tramitarse por grupos de concesionarios, de manera consolidada, con el fin de simplificar las solicitudes en un trámite.

El sistema electrónico estará disponible en el portal de Internet del Instituto las 24 horas del día, los 365 días del año y es de carácter obligatorio para todos los concesionarios que operan redes públicas de telecomunicaciones.

Sólo los concesionarios involucrados en cada solicitud podrán visualizar la información relativa a la negociación: las propuestas y contrapropuestas, las fechas de presentación de las mismas, el cómputo de días transcurridos a partir de la solicitud, las fechas correspondientes a los plazos de 30 días hábiles y 60 días naturales establecidos en los artículos 130 y 129 de la Ley, respectivamente, y los documentos que los concesionarios hayan ingresado al Sistema.

El Sistema Electrónico de solicitudes de Interconexión entrará en operación dentro de un plazo de 20 días hábiles contados a partir de la entrada en vigor del Acuerdo aprobado el día de hoy y se encontrará disponible en la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.ift.org.mx/interconexion

Por otro lado, el Pleno aprobó 34 solicitudes de autorización para la transmisión de acciones del capital social de diversas empresas concesionarias de estaciones de radiodifusión sonora que operan en distintas localidades del país.

IFT celebra el día internacional de la competencia (Comunicado 65/2014)

The Federal Telecommunications Institute Plenary is convened

A meeting between the new members of the Plenary of the Federal Telecommunications Institute (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones, IFT) and the ex-Commissioners of the Federal Telecommunications Commission (Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones, COFETEL) was carried out today and points of view on the necessities of the sector were interchanged. After being ratified by the Senate of the Republic, IFT Commissioners took possession of their positions and as the first official act, presented themselves to all the personnel of the Institute, to whom they expressed that this new regulating body will fully comply with the constitutional mandate to act independently on its decisions and functions, always in favor of the users of broadcasting and telecommunications services in the country. The Plenary of the IFT, formed by President Commissioner Gabriel Contreras Saldivar, Commissioners María Elena Estavillo Flores, Adriana Sofía Labardini Inzunza, Mario Germán Fromow Rangel, Ernesto Estrada González, Luis Fernando Borjón Figueroa and Adolfo Cuevas Teja, called up the personnel of the Institute to continue working with the professionalism and effort that has characterized this community of specialists.

World leaders demand more timely and unified data on ICTs access and affordability at global level

The ITU leads the efforts to increase data collection capabilities through new associations with technology companies and government agencies

Mexico City, 6th December 2013 – The delegates of the Telecommunication Indicators/World ICTs Symposium (WTIS), celebrated this week in Mexico City (December 4 6), confirmed the need to strengthen and adapt the mechanisms to collect IT and communication data (ICT) to better respond to the needs of the fast-evolving current environment.

Reliable data on indicators such as network access, service affordability and connection speed are increasingly acknowledged as indispensable elements of every country’s plans to promote social development and economic growth.

This three-day symposium is the most important annual meeting of ICT data experts around the world. Organized by the ITU and hosted this year by the Mexican regulatory body, the Federal Telecommunications Institute (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones, IFT), the event gathered more than 300 delegates, including Ministers, industry Executive Officers and heads of national/international statistics organizations.

"The ICT sector is evolving faster than any other sector in the history of humanity. The objective of this annual symposium is to respond to the challenge of measuring the accelerated evolution of the sector and seeing that ICT data, statistics and indicators are globally unified and internationally comparable" affirmed this afternoon Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré, Secretary General of the ITU, during the closing ceremony. "This is the only way we can create a clear, impartial – and most importantly – universal landscape that will help us make useful comparisons and follow-up the evolution of the ICT ecosystem."

The ITU effort to collect and analyze world ICT statistics, which are trustworthy for politicians around the world, is mentioned by publications of other influential institutions, among which we can find the entire family of UN organizations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the World Economic Forum, and also stimulates the actions of an increasing community of international investors.

This year, the event featured, for the first time, a top level inauguration day with three key discussions about future development frameworks after 2015, the role of monitoring the development of the future information society, the strategies to improve the dialogue between all the stakeholders, and the national coordination of data collection.

It gathered expert speakers and panelists, who exchanged points of view and best practices, highlighted the importance of making ICTs become one of the main cornerstones of the development agenda after 2015, as catalysts of the overall social and economic development.

"This WTIS meeting had a record number of attendants, which shows the growing acknowledgement of the importance of data and statistics in the ICT sector. We expect an even larger participation next year,” said Brahima Sanou, Director of the Telecomm Development Office of the ITU.

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“The ITU continues to be committed to this process, and we expect to keep working with the global community in this area, as we progress.”

Among his initial remarks during the conference at the beginning of this week, the Chairman of WTIS and Chief of the Regulation and Prospective Unit of the IFT, Luis Lucatero, said: "The worst enemy of investment is information asymmetry. An ICT regulating body is like an architect who builds a strong and robust market to ultimately serve as a platform for national growth in every business sector. The global debate promoted by this event is unparalleled and will help all the stakeholders – industry, government and regulatory bodies – fulfill the main objective of addressing the ICT consumer needs."

This year, the symposium included two special simultaneous events: the first one, organized by Costa Rica, was about a national approach of data collection in association with ICT operators; and the second one, organized by Iran, was about developing and implementing a new data measurement system.

The event also included a special tour organized by the IFT to visit an ICT community centre developed by the Learning and Innovation Network (Red de Información y Aprendizaje, RIA), that the Fundación Proacceso created to offer disadvantaged communities access to technologic learning. The tour was headed by its young cofounder, Jorge Camil Starr, and the power of ICTs has reached more than 425,000 children and young people of 95 different schools in the Mexico City area.

Speeches, pictures and additional information are available at WTIS press room:

http://www.itu.int/en/newsroom/Pages/wtis13.aspx.

To review the complete speakers program go to:

www.itu.int/en/newsroom/Pages/wtis13.aspx.

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WTIS speeches, pictures, videos and reports of the debates are available at WTIS press room: http://www.itu.int/en/newsroom/Pages/wtis13.aspx

You can review an Executive Summary of ITU’s MIS 2013 Report at:

www.itu.int/go/mis2013

Journalists who want a free PDF copy of the complete MIS 2013 Report, please contact Sarah Parkes at the ITU press office: sarah.parkes@itu.int.

Download the MIS 2013 infographics at: www.itu.int/go/mis2013

Download the PowerPoint presentation of the MIS 2013 from: www.itu.int/go/mis2013

Download WTIS pictures from:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/itupictures/sets/72157638302188344/

If you need additional information go to the event’s website or contact:

Sarah Parkes

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Tel.: +41 79 599 1439

Angelina Mejia

Communications Unit, IFT email:

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55 5015 4012

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* Notes to Editors:

ITU gathers ICT statistics for 200 economies and more than 100 indicators in association with the administrations of its 193 Member States, more than 700 Members of the Sector, more than 60 members of the academic community and the I+D.

Besides publishing the most comprehensive global database in the world, the ITU reference statistics report for the ICT industry, Medición de la Sociedad de la Información (MIS), includes a unique classification known as the ICT Development Index - IDI.

To review a complete series of ITU statistics go to: www.itu.int/en/ITUD/statistics

About ITU

The ITU is the most important UN organization in regards to information and communication technologies. For almost 150 years, the ITU has coordinated the world partake of the radio electric spectrum, has promoted international cooperation to assign satellite orbits, has worked hard to improve telecomm infrastructure in developing countries and has set the global standards to guarantee the continuous interconnection of a wide-range of communication systems. From broadband technologies to the latest generations of wireless technologies, aeronautic and maritime navigation, radio astronomy, satellite meteorology and the convergence of fixed and mobile telephone services, Internet and broadcasting technologies, the ITU is committed to connecting the world. www.itu.int

 Mexico will be the seat of the main symposium on ITU statistics

Renowned speakers from around the world will debate on the potential of information and communications technologies as a cause for change in development

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Geneva, November 18th, 2013 - Mexico City is prepared to celebrate one of the ITU main conferences, which will welcome world-wide leading experts in economic development and public policies in order to discuss the strategies destined to take advantage of the power transformation of information and communications technologies (ICT) and lead the efforts toward socioeconomic development.

Co-organized by ITU, the specialized United Nations agency for ICT and the Federal Telecommunications Institute (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones, IFT), the new regulating body for telecommunications and broadcasting in Mexico, the Telecommunications/ICT Indicators Symposium (Simposio Mundial sobre los Indicadores de

Telecomunicaciones, SMIT) has come at a right time for Mexico, as Mexico is presently undergoing a radical reform in its ITU market.

The expectation is that this event will attract approximately 300 experts and analysts from around the world. These invited experts work in areas that include data and statistics, elaboration of ICT policies and initiatives for development. They will explain how to take advantage of technology's unique potential in order to place essential services such as health care and education within poorly cared for or isolated communities.

In the interconnected economy of today, it is essential to hold exact data on penetration, ICT fixed prices and the access to both, not only for the ICT sector, but also for the growth of other enterprises and social sectors. ITU publishes the world-wide data base of the most used ICTs, as well as the unique annual report named Measuring the Information Society.

SMIT will be inaugurated with three high level debates on fundamental priorities for the worldwide post MDG program, and the increasingly essential role of ICT statistics when defining and following-up national, regional and world-wide development goals.

Some of the speakers that have confirmed their participation include Mexican Government authorities such as Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, Minister of Communications and Transport and Gabriel Contreras Saldívar, President of the IFT; personalities of academia, such as Professor Jeffrey Sachs (Earth Institute, Columbia University & Millennium Villages project); and industry, such as Carlos Slim Helú (Carlos Slim Foundation) and the Secretary General of ITU Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré, among others.

We invite journalists to register now to attend the First Day of this fascinating international event. We request that you remember that due to security reasons, advance enrollment is essential to be able to attend the event. Pre enrollment ends on Monday, December 2nd, at 18:00 CST.

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Name: World-wide ITU Telecommunications/ICT Indicators Symposium

Date: December 4-6, 2013. Open to the media on December 4th only.

Venue: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Plaza Juárez #20, Col. Centro, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City

Objective: The opportunity to hear and interview outstanding speakers of the Mexican government and the private sector, and of the ICT worldwide community

Speakers: Experts of the world-wide ICT community, ICT analysts and ICT regulators, government leaders and politicians, private sector high level executives and prominent personalities of the United Nations organizations.

Media advisory Registration is essential for media and industry analysts’ participation in situ. Contact angelina.mejia@ift.org.mx for registration details.

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ITU is the most important organization of the United Nations regarding information and communication technologies. For almost 150 years, the ITU has been coordinating the sharing of the radio electric spectrum on a world-wide scale, has promoted international cooperation for the allocation of satellite orbits, has made an effort to improve the infrastructure of telecommunications in the developing world, and has established the world-wide norms that guarantee the continuous interconnection of an ample range of communications systems. From broadband networks to state-of-the-art wireless technologies, aeronautical and marine navigation, radio astronomy, meteorology by satellite and convergent fixed and mobile telephony, Internet and broadcasting technologies, ITU is committed to connecting the world.

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The United Nations symposium on statistics will debate the function of technology in worldwide sustainable development

Experts of the public and private sectors and civil society will meet in Mexico City for a high-level debate on the models of growth following the year 2015

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Geneva, November 27, 2013 - The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the specialized body of the United Nations for Information and communication technologies, (ICTs) will hold their annual conference on ICT statistics in Mexico City from December 4-6 in the presence of about 300 important development and statistics experts from around the world, who will debate on new strategies to channel the catalytic power of technology and to impel socioeconomic advance based on coherent parameters.

The World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS) will be jointly held by the ITU and the Federal Telecommunications Institute (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones, IFT) Mexican regulator for telecommunications and broadcasting.

The ITU, the main body that compiles and discloses numerous essential statistics on ICTs, is generally recognized as the most trustworthy and impartial source of global data on the state of infrastructure and the adoption of ICTs in the world. ITU's numbers are widely used by the United Nations, important intergovernmental bodies, financial institutions such as the World Bank, the IMF and regional development banks, as well as by private sector companies and ICT sector analysts.

ICT networks are an indispensable platform for providing services in all industrial sectors and, therefore, precise data on penetration, rates and access to ICTs are of increasing interest for development bodies and consumers, as well as for governments and business persons. The ITU publishes the worldwide data base of the most used ICTs, as well as the annual report named Measuring the Information Society.

The Symposium this year will begin with three high-level debates regarding fundamental priorities of the worldwide development agenda and the functions of ICTs after the ODM. Confirmed speakers are Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, Minister of Communications and Transport of Mexico; Gabriel Contreras Saldívar, President Commissioner of the IFT; leaders of United Nations bodies such as: Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré, Secretary General of the ITU; academic experts such as Professor Jeffrey Sachs (Earth Institute, Columbia University & Millennium Villages project), personalities of the telecommunications sector, such as Carlos Slim Helú (Carlos Slim Foundation) and, respected worldwide analysts such as Sam Pitroda, Brahima Sanou, Director of the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau; among others. The complete list of speakers can be seen at www.itu.int/wtis/newsroom .

We invite journalists to register now to attend the First Day of this important international event. Pre-enrollment ends on Monday, December 2nd, at 18:00 CST.

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Name: World Telecommunications/ICT Indicators Symposium

Date: December 4-6, 2013.

Opened to the media on December 4th only.

Venue: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Plaza Juárez #20, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City

Purpose: The opportunity to hear and interview outstanding speakers of the

Mexican government and the private sector, as well as of the ICT world-wide community

Speakers: Experts of the world-wide statistics community, ICT analysts and regulatory agencies, government leaders and politicians, private sector high-level executives and prominent personalities of the United Nations organizations.

Media advisory Preenrollment is mandatory. Write to angelina.mejia@ift.org.mx

A conclusion summary on the measuring the information society, with computer graphics and overview, is available on PowerPoint at www.itu.int/go/mis2013

Follow this event in Twitter at: #ITUdata

For more information, visit the event's Web site or contact: Sarah Parkes

Media Relations and Public Information Manager, ITU

E-mail: sarah.parkes@itu.int

Ph: +41 22 730 6135

Questions regarding mass media registration: Angelina Mejía

IFT Media Unit

E-mail: angelina.mejia@ift.org.mx

Ph: +52 55 5015 4201

Facebook: www.itu.int/facebook

Twitter: www.itu.int/twitter hashtag: #ITUdata

About the ITU

ITU is the most important organization of the United Nations regarding information and communication technologies. For almost 150 years, the ITU has been coordinating the sharing of the radio electric spectrum on a world-wide scale, has promoted international cooperation for the allocation of satellite orbits, has made an effort to improve the infrastructure of telecommunications in the developing world, and has established the world-wide norms that guarantee the continuous interconnection of an ample range of communications systems. From broadband networks to state-of-the-art wireless technologies, aeronautical and marine navigation, radio astronomy, meteorology by satellite and convergent fixed and mobile telephony, Internet and broadcasting technologies, ITU is committed to connecting the world.

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The IFT Plenary resolves to revoke the concession to a radio station

• The XECJU-AM station carried out unauthorized change of frequency and location of transmitter equipment

Following the corresponding monitoring and inspection processes, arising from a complaint by Mexican Airspace Navigation Services (Servicios a la Navegación en el Espacio Aéreo Mexicano, SENEAM) due to harmful interference, and as a result of the evidence of the administrative procedure for revocation, the Plenary of the Federal Telecommunications Institute (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones, IFT) decided to revoke the broadcasting concession title granted for operation of the radio station with the XECJU-AM sign, and with authorization to operate the 95.9 MHz frequency in Jarretaderas, Nayarit. The referred concessionaire performed the unauthorized change of frequency from 95.9 MHz to 96.7 MHz on the FM band, as well as the change of location of transmitter equipment in Jarretaderas, Nayarit to Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, for which with 6 votes in favor and one against by Commissioner Adolfo Cuevas, the Plenary determined that the performance of the concessionaire is within grounds for revocation of its title. The decision is based on the provisions set in article 31 parts I and II of the Federal Radio and Television Law. Last August 7th, the concessionaire was notified that its location is within the grounds of revocation mentioned above, for which the administrative procedure for revocation began which ends the resolution adopted today.

IFT presented its Annual Work Program for 2014 to the holder of the federal executive and the congress of the union

• It describes the six most important institutional objectives on which priority projects to develop this year were determined
• It is structured in three parts: the 180 days agenda, projects based on the Institute planning strategy and those which will be carried out in coordination with the Federal Executive, pursuant to constitutional mandate

Pursuant to the provisions of article 28, paragraph twenty, section VIII, of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, the Federal Telecommunications Institute (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones, IFT) presented its Annual Work Program for 2014 to the holder of the Federal Executive and the Congress of the Union, which includes a description of the institutional objectives and relevant projects to develop this year, which are consistent with other programmatic instruments related to the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors.

The projects within the Program, approved unanimously by the IFT Plenary, aim to contribute to the implementation of a development model based on connectivity and the adoption of digital technologies in which the general population has access to telecommunications and broadcasting public services, end devices, abilities, content and applications to improve their quality of life.

For the elaboration of the Program, the Plenary headed a series of tasks to establish the mission, vision and objectives of the Institute, on which the priority projects were defined and which will be implemented this year.

In this respect, the six important institutional objectives that IFT determined for the following years are:

1. - Contribute to freedom of expression and universal access to information, promoting plurality and diversity in telecommunications and broadcasting services.

2. - Ensure free competition, as well as eliminate restrictions on telecommunications and broadcasting services convergence and innovation.

3. - Promote universal access to telecommunications and broadcasting services in terms of quality, competitive prices and safety.

4. - Regulate and supervise the use of the radio spectrum, networks and telecommunications and broadcasting services efficiently and in a timely manner.

5. - Protect users and audiences rights regarding telecommunications and broadcasting services.

6. - Act as an efficient, impartial and transparent regulator with the best management practices.

Each project presents its alignment to the corresponding institutional objectives and course of action.

The Annual Work Program for 2014 is available at the following link:

https://www.ift.org.mx/iftweb/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Programa_Trabajo_2014.pdf

The IFT Plenary will resolve in the following days regarding the overall guidelines for the retransmission of television broadcast signals in restricted television systems

The Federal Telecommunications Institute (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones, IFT) was notified of two agreements by the Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the nation (Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, SCJN), Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero, who serves as Minister instructor in constitutional controversy presented by the Federal Executive, on the agreement of the thirty-second Civil Judge of the Federal District, who pointed out that the IFT is not competent to order free airing of certain broadcast television channels.

The first agreement issued by Minister Sánchez Cordero grants the referred constitutional controversy to be heard. The second agreement grants the suspension of the acts contested by the Federation to the constitutional controversy, subject to the following: "The suspension granted with respect to the effects and consequences of acts which invalidity is claimed consists in maintaining things in their current state, that is, so that the thirty-second Civil Court of the Superior Court of Justice of the Federal District continues with the conduct of the trial with record 1653/2011 from the onset to total completion, even for issue of the corresponding final resolution; however, it shall not make any statement or act that involves ignoring the faculties for telecommunications that the Federal Telecommunications Institute has under direct and express mandate of the Federal Constitution."

The agreement establishes that in accordance with criteria of the Supreme Court Plenary, the Minister instructor determined the foregoing "in order to safeguard the material in the present case, as not granting the precautionary measure would allow that, through the contested findings, competition in telecommunications would be nugatory, which is directly granted by the Constitution of the United Mexican States to the Federal Telecommunications Institute".

These agreements allow IFT to freely exercise its powers in the telecommunications and broadcasting fields, therefore, an extraordinary session of the Plenary of this regulatory body will be convened to deliberate and, if necessary, resolve on the general guidelines draft for the retransmission of broadcast television channels in restricted television systems.

The IFT will remain respectful and attentive to the decisions of the Court.

The Federal Telecommunications Institute Plenary approves modifications to concession titles for capacity supply services for the establishment of microwave links, regarding the possibility of extending their validity

Agrees to appoint Commissioner Adriana Labardini Inzunza as a member of the Transparency Council of the Institute In order to harmonize the concession titles of operators that use the spectrum for capacity supply services for the establishment of microwave links point-to-point and point-tomultipoint; in the provisions contained in the current Federal Telecommunications Law and similar provisions contained the concessions granted previously, the Federal Telecommunications Institute (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones, IFT) Plenary, decided to authorize the changes requested by eleven companies to the eighth condition of their respective concessions. The modification consists in these concessions to have the possibility of being subject of analysis for the granting of the extension of their respective terms, and regulatory body having the absolute power to determine granting or not. The present eighth condition of concession titles concerned establishes that assigned frequencies will be auctioned again at least three years before the end of the term of the concessions, which contravenes the provisions of article 19 of the law, which provides for the course of granting of extensions of concessions terms under the conditions laid down in this article. Given this situation, the Plenary discussed requests by these concessionaires and determined in the session held today, that the changes that are coming for referred concession titles establish that the concession may be extended fully or partially in the opinion of the Federal Telecommunications Institute, under the terms of the Law and other regulations and administrative applicable legal provisions for which in its case, will require the payment of a provision, the amount of which shall be fixed taking into account, among other criteria, the bandwidth of the frequency concession, the geographical coverage of the concession and the services that could be provided by such bands previously. It also clarifies that where the concessionaire does not accept the new conditions that the IFT sets to grant the extension of the term of the concession or resolve to deny it, this autonomous body, exercising the governance of the State, in the matter and ensuring the efficient use of radio spectrum, will tender such frequency bands unless otherwise specified in the applicable regulations. The Plenary Session resolutions reviewed the applications submitted by the following companies: Total Play Telecomunicaciones, S.A. de C.V. through agreement P/IFT/061113/2; Operbes, S.A. de C.V. through agreement P/IFT/061113/3; XC Networks, S.A. de C.V. with agreement number P/IFT/061113/4; Marcatel Com, S.A. de C.V. with agreement P/IFT/061113/5; Axtel S.A.B. de C.V., with agreement P/IFT/061113/6; G Tel communication, S.A.P.I. de C.V. with agreement P/IFT/061113/7; Alestra, S. de R.L. de C.V. under agreement P/IFT/061113/8; Avantel, S.A. de C.V. with agreement P/IFT/061113/9; Telecomunicaciones Mexicanas, S.A. de C.V. by agreement P/IFT/061113/10; Maxcom Telecomunicaciones, S.A.B. de C.V. with agreement P/IFT/061113/11 and Telcel Pap, S.A. de C.V. under agreement P/IFT/061113/12. With this modification to the titles of merit award, IFT provides legal certainty to the concessionaires, allowing them to plan their investments and a more efficient development of the networks and services they provide. Also, on the session held on this date, the IFT Plenary resolved through agreement P/IFT/061113/15 to designate Commissioner Adriana Labardini Inzunza as a member of the Transparency Council of the Institute ,in charge of with resolving the review appeals against the resolutions issued by the Information Committee, is properly integrated with the Technical Secretary of the Plenary Session, the holder of the Legal Affairs Unit and the holder of the Internal Audit Office, as established by article 35 of the Organic Statute of this regulatory body. The Plenary of the IFT also ruled, under agreement P/IFT/061113/14, the Annual Ordinary Sessions Calendar of the Plenary and the Public Holiday Calendar of the Federal Telecommunications Institute for 2013, which will be published in the next few days in the Federal Official Gazette.